Re: [leo@xxxxxxxxx: [PATCH] ethernet-bridge: update skb->priority in case forwarded frame has VLAN-header]

[Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 15:12:25 +0100
Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> ----- Forwarded message from Leo Yuriev <leo@xxxxxxxxx> -----
> 
> From: Leo Yuriev <leo@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@xxxxxxx>,
>       Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [PATCH] ethernet-bridge: update skb->priority in case forwarded 
> frame has VLAN-header
> 
> Kernel 2.6 (2.6.11)
> 
> When ethernet-bridge forward a packet and such ethernet-frame has
> VLAN-tag, bridge should update skb->prioriry for properly QoS
> handling.
> 
> This small patch does this. Currently vlan_TCI-priority directly
> mapped to skb->priority, but this looks enough.

I don't see why the VLAN code doesn't handle this itself. I don't like special
case layer violations because it becomes a slippery slope with more and
more additions.