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

[Patrick McHardy <kaber@xxxxxxxxx>]

Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > 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.
The patch is meant for bridges briging vlan frames without doing
vlan themselves. I agree with you, from the bridge point of view
a vlan header is just as outside of its scope as an IP header,
that's why I proposed to put it in an ebtables target and make
it useable for vlan and IP.

Regards
Patrick