Why does net/core/dev.c: dev_queue_transmit not pass back the actual
status from hard_start_xmit in the case of a virtual device, and why is
an error return considered a critical kernel error?
ie why:
if (!dev->hard_start_xmit(skb, dev)) {
...
rc = -ENETDOWN;
...
return rc;
instead of :
if (!rc = dev->hard_start_xmit(skb, dev)) {
...
...
return rc;
In the case of a real device, a qdisc error gets returned up the stack,
while in the case of say a bonding device enslaving the real device and
encountering the same error, success gets returned up the stack. The
various virtual devices seem to return success whatever happens, but it
seems like this behavior is chosen due to the fact that the real status
cannot be passed back, even if the virtural device manages the skb ref
count correctly, as dev_queue_transmit will turn it into -ENETDOWN.
Thanks,
Mark Huth
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