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| author | stephen hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> | 2011-10-03 20:14:46 +0200 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2011-10-06 21:27:56 +0200 |
| commit | 515853ccecc6987dfb8ed809dd8bf8900286f29e (patch) | |
| tree | ddd361a7bacb3d37a95f6101ef541af91c01d9ba /net/bridge/br_input.c | |
| parent | igb: Alternate MAC Address Updates for Func2&3 (diff) | |
| download | linux-515853ccecc6987dfb8ed809dd8bf8900286f29e.tar.xz linux-515853ccecc6987dfb8ed809dd8bf8900286f29e.zip | |
bridge: allow forwarding some link local frames
This is based on an earlier patch by Nick Carter with comments
by David Lamparter but with some refinements. Thanks for their patience
this is a confusing area with overlap of standards, user requirements,
and compatibility with earlier releases.
It adds a new sysfs attribute
/sys/class/net/brX/bridge/group_fwd_mask
that controls forwarding of frames with address of: 01-80-C2-00-00-0X
The default setting has no forwarding to retain compatibility.
One change from earlier releases is that forwarding of group
addresses is not dependent on STP being enabled or disabled. This
choice was made based on interpretation of tie 802.1 standards.
I expect complaints will arise because of this, but better to follow
the standard than continue acting incorrectly by default.
The filtering mask is writeable, but only values that don't forward
known control frames are allowed. It intentionally blocks attempts
to filter control protocols. For example: writing a 8 allows
forwarding 802.1X PAE addresses which is the most common request.
Reported-by: David Lamparter <equinox@diac24.net>
Original-patch-by: Nick Carter <ncarter100@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Tested-by: Benjamin Poirier <benjamin.poirier@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/bridge/br_input.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/bridge/br_input.c | 33 |
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_input.c b/net/bridge/br_input.c index f06ee39c73fd..6f9f8c014725 100644 --- a/net/bridge/br_input.c +++ b/net/bridge/br_input.c @@ -162,14 +162,37 @@ rx_handler_result_t br_handle_frame(struct sk_buff **pskb) p = br_port_get_rcu(skb->dev); if (unlikely(is_link_local(dest))) { - /* Pause frames shouldn't be passed up by driver anyway */ - if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_PAUSE)) + /* + * See IEEE 802.1D Table 7-10 Reserved addresses + * + * Assignment Value + * Bridge Group Address 01-80-C2-00-00-00 + * (MAC Control) 802.3 01-80-C2-00-00-01 + * (Link Aggregation) 802.3 01-80-C2-00-00-02 + * 802.1X PAE address 01-80-C2-00-00-03 + * + * 802.1AB LLDP 01-80-C2-00-00-0E + * + * Others reserved for future standardization + */ + switch (dest[5]) { + case 0x00: /* Bridge Group Address */ + /* If STP is turned off, + then must forward to keep loop detection */ + if (p->br->stp_enabled == BR_NO_STP) + goto forward; + break; + + case 0x01: /* IEEE MAC (Pause) */ goto drop; - /* If STP is turned off, then forward */ - if (p->br->stp_enabled == BR_NO_STP && dest[5] == 0) - goto forward; + default: + /* Allow selective forwarding for most other protocols */ + if (p->br->group_fwd_mask & (1u << dest[5])) + goto forward; + } + /* Deliver packet to local host only */ if (NF_HOOK(NFPROTO_BRIDGE, NF_BR_LOCAL_IN, skb, skb->dev, NULL, br_handle_local_finish)) { return RX_HANDLER_CONSUMED; /* consumed by filter */ |