Question about ipip implementation

From: Alexey Vyskubov (alexey.vyskubov@nokia.com)
Date: Fri May 11 2001 - 09:39:40 EST

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Hello!

I read net/ipv4/ipip.c. It seems to me that ipip_rcv() function after
"unwrapping" tunelled IP packet creates "virtual Ethernet header" and submit
corresponding sk_buff to netif_rx().

Is there a some reason to do things this way instead of calling ip_rcv() for
"unwrapped" IP packet?

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Alexey
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