[Bridge] [PATCH 1/4] bridge: don't change packet type
Stephen Hemminger
shemminger at linux-foundation.org
Wed Apr 25 16:47:38 PDT 2007
The change to forward STP bpdu's (for usermode STP) through normal path,
changed the packet type in the process. Since link local stuff is multicast, it
should stay pkt_type = PACKET_MULTICAST. The code was probably copy/pasted
incorrectly from the bridge pseudo-device receive path.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger at linux-foundation.org>
--- bridge-2.6.22.orig/net/bridge/br_input.c
+++ bridge-2.6.22/net/bridge/br_input.c
@@ -131,12 +131,9 @@ struct sk_buff *br_handle_frame(struct n
if (!is_valid_ether_addr(eth_hdr(skb)->h_source))
goto drop;
- if (unlikely(is_link_local(dest))) {
- skb->pkt_type = PACKET_HOST;
-
+ if (unlikely(is_link_local(dest)))
return (NF_HOOK(PF_BRIDGE, NF_BR_LOCAL_IN, skb, skb->dev,
NULL, br_handle_local_finish) == 0) ? skb : NULL;
- }
switch (p->state) {
case BR_STATE_FORWARDING:
--
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