On Tue, 24 Jan 2017 10:40:13 +0100
Paolo Abeni <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> +/* return true if we should preserve skb nfct before calling
> ndo_start_xmit() */
> +static inline bool netif_needs_ct(struct net_device *dev)
> +{
> + /* any kind of virtual device needs to preserve the ct entry */
> + return dev->features & NETIF_F_LLTX;
> +}
> +
I am not sure I fully understand the problem, and this looks like a special case
hack. You are overloading meaning of LLTX flag in a new way.
If you must do it then code this in place, and put comment there.
The addition of accessor function just obscures the purpose.
