2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 4e967b2e22cc..caa3c2593719 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ struct netpoll_info;
 #define NET_RX_CN_HIGH          4   /* The storm is here */
 #define NET_RX_BAD              5  /* packet dropped due to kernel error */
 
+/* NET_XMIT_CN is special. It does not guarantee that this packet is lost. It
+ * indicates that the device will soon be dropping packets, or already drops
+ * some packets of the same priority; prompting us to send less aggressively. */
+#define net_xmit_eval(e)        ((e) == NET_XMIT_CN? 0 : (e))
 #define net_xmit_errno(e)       ((e) != NET_XMIT_CN ? -ENOBUFS : 0)
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/net/ipip.h b/include/net/ipip.h
index f490c3cbe377..84058858eea7 100644
--- a/include/net/ipip.h
+++ b/include/net/ipip.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ struct ip_tunnel
         ip_send_check(iph);                                             \
                                                                         \
         err = NF_HOOK(PF_INET, NF_IP_LOCAL_OUT, skb, NULL, rt->u.dst.dev, dst_output);\
-        if (err == NET_XMIT_SUCCESS || err == NET_XMIT_CN) {            \
+        if (net_xmit_eval(err) == 0) {                                  \
                 stats->tx_bytes += pkt_len;                             \
                 stats->tx_packets++;                                    \
         } else {                                                        \