Exclude duplicated checking for iface-up. This flags is checked in 'is_skb_forwardable' function, which is subroutine of 'dev_forward_skb'.

alex-bluesman · davem330 · commit f82528bc13a1 · 2011-06-30T22:13:37.000-07:00
Signed-off-by: Alexander Smirnov &lt;alex.bluesman.smirnov@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: WANG Cong &lt;xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
diff --git a/drivers/net/veth.c b/drivers/net/veth.c
@@ -126,9 +126,6 @@ static netdev_tx_t veth_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	stats = this_cpu_ptr(priv->stats);
 	rcv_stats = this_cpu_ptr(rcv_priv->stats);
 
-	if (!(rcv->flags & IFF_UP))
-		goto tx_drop;
-
 	/* don't change ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL, as that
 	   will cause bad checksum on forwarded packets */
 	if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_NONE &&
