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2011-12-16net:bridge: use IS_ENABLEDIgor Maravić
Use IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FOO) instead of defined(CONFIG_FOO) || defined (CONFIG_FOO_MODULE) Signed-off-by: Igor Maravić <igorm@etf.rs> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-12-11net: use IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)Eric Dumazet
Instead of testing defined(CONFIG_IPV6) || defined(CONFIG_IPV6_MODULE) Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-12-08bridge: add local MAC address to forwarding table (v2)stephen hemminger
If user has configured a MAC address that is not one of the existing ports of the bridge, then we need to add a special entry in the forwarding table. This forwarding table entry has no outgoing port so it has to be treated a little differently. The special entry is reported by the netlink interface with ifindex of bridge, but ignored by the old interface since there is no usable way to put it in the ABI. Reported-by: Koki Sanagi <sanagi.koki@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-11-16net: introduce and use netdev_features_t for device features setsMichał Mirosław
v2: add couple missing conversions in drivers split unexporting netdev_fix_features() implemented %pNF convert sock::sk_route_(no?)caps Signed-off-by: Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@rere.qmqm.pl> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-10-24Merge branch 'master' of ra.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/netDavid S. Miller
2011-10-18bridge: fix hang on removal of bridge via netlinkstephen hemminger
Need to cleanup bridge device timers and ports when being bridge device is being removed via netlink. This fixes the problem of observed when doing: ip link add br0 type bridge ip link set dev eth1 master br0 ip link set br0 up ip link del br0 which would cause br0 to hang in unregister_netdev because of leftover reference count. Reported-by: Sridhar Samudrala <sri@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Acked-by: Sridhar Samudrala <sri@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-10-06bridge: allow forwarding some link local framesstephen hemminger
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>
2011-07-22bridge: send proper message_age in config BPDUstephen hemminger
A bridge topology with three systems: +------+ +------+ | A(2) |--| B(1) | +------+ +------+ \ / +------+ | C(3) | +------+ What is supposed to happen: * bridge with the lowest ID is elected root (for example: B) * C detects that A->C is higher cost path and puts in blocking state What happens. Bridge with lowest id (B) is elected correctly as root and things start out fine initially. But then config BPDU doesn't get transmitted from A -> C. Because of that the link from A-C is transistioned to the forwarding state. The root cause of this is that the configuration messages is generated with bogus message age, and dropped before sending. In the standardmessage_age is supposed to be: the time since the generation of the Configuration BPDU by the Root that instigated the generation of this Configuration BPDU. Reimplement this by recording the timestamp (age + jiffies) when recording config information. The old code incorrectly used the time elapsed on the ageing timer which was incorrect. See also: https://bugzilla.vyatta.com/show_bug.cgi?id=7164 Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-04-28bridge: convert br_features_recompute() to ndo_fix_featuresMichał Mirosław
Note: netdev_update_features() needs only rtnl_lock as br->port_list is only changed while holding it. Signed-off-by: Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@rere.qmqm.pl> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-04-04bridge: range check STP parametersstephen hemminger
Apply restrictions on STP parameters based 802.1D 1998 standard. * Fixes missing locking in set path cost ioctl * Uses common code for both ioctl and sysfs This is based on an earlier patch Sasikanth V but with overhaul. Note: 1. It does NOT enforce the restriction on the relationship max_age and forward delay or hello time because in existing implementation these are set as independant operations. 2. If STP is disabled, there is no restriction on forward delay 3. No restriction on holding time because users use Linux code to act as hub or be sticky. 4. Although standard allow 0-255, Linux only allows 0-63 for port priority because more bits are reserved for port number. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-04-04bridge: allow creating/deleting fdb entries via netlinkstephen hemminger
Use RTM_NEWNEIGH and RTM_DELNEIGH to allow updating of entries in bridge forwarding table. This allows manipulating static entries which is not possible with existing tools. Example (using bridge extensions to iproute2) # br fdb add 00:02:03:04:05:06 dev eth0 Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-04-04bridge: add netlink notification on forward entry changesstephen hemminger
This allows applications to query and monitor bridge forwarding table in the same method used for neighbor table. The forward table entries are returned in same structure format as used by the ioctl. If more information is desired in future, the netlink method is extensible. Example (using bridge extensions to iproute2) # br monitor Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-04-04bridge: track last used time in forwarding tablestephen hemminger
Adds tracking the last used time in forwarding table. Rename ageing_timer to updated to better describe it. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-03-27bridge: notify applications if address of bridge device changesstephen hemminger
The mac address of the bridge device may be changed when a new interface is added to the bridge. If this happens, then the bridge needs to call the network notifiers to tickle any other systems that care. Since bridge can be a module, this also means exporting the notifier function. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-03-16net: introduce rx_handler results and logic around thatJiri Pirko
This patch allows rx_handlers to better signalize what to do next to it's caller. That makes skb->deliver_no_wcard no longer needed. kernel-doc for rx_handler_result is taken from Nicolas' patch. Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Nicolas de Pesloüan <nicolas.2p.debian@free.fr> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-02-19Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
2011-02-12bridge: Replace mp->mglist hlist with a boolHerbert Xu
As it turns out we never need to walk through the list of multicast groups subscribed by the bridge interface itself (the only time we'd want to do that is when we shut down the bridge, in which case we simply walk through all multicast groups), we don't really need to keep an hlist for mp->mglist. This means that we can replace it with just a single bit to indicate whether the bridge interface is subscribed to a group. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-01-24net: change netdev->features to u32Michał Mirosław
Quoting Ben Hutchings: we presumably won't be defining features that can only be enabled on 64-bit architectures. Occurences found by `grep -r` on net/, drivers/net, include/ [ Move features and vlan_features next to each other in struct netdev, as per Eric Dumazet's suggestion -DaveM ] Signed-off-by: Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@rere.qmqm.pl> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-11-15bridge: add RCU annotations to bridge port lookupEric Dumazet
br_port_get() renamed to br_port_get_rtnl() to make clear RTNL is held. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-11-15bridge: fix RCU races with bridge portstephen hemminger
The macro br_port_exists() is not enough protection when only RCU is being used. There is a tiny race where other CPU has cleared port handler hook, but is bridge port flag might still be set. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-11-15bridge: add RCU annotation to bridge multicast tableEric Dumazet
Add modern __rcu annotatations to bridge multicast table. Use newer hlist macros to avoid direct access to hlist internals. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-07-02Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kaber/nf-next-2.6
2010-07-02bridge: add per bridge device controls for invoking iptablesPatrick McHardy
Support more fine grained control of bridge netfilter iptables invocation by adding seperate brnf_call_*tables parameters for each device using the sysfs interface. Packets are passed to layer 3 netfilter when either the global parameter or the per bridge parameter is enabled. Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
2010-06-23bridge: 64bit rx/tx countersEric Dumazet
Use u64_stats_sync infrastructure to provide 64bit rx/tx counters even on 32bit hosts. It is safe to use a single u64_stats_sync for rx and tx, because BH is disabled on both, and we use per_cpu data. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-06-15bridge: Add const to dummy br_netpoll_send_skbHerbert Xu
The version of br_netpoll_send_skb used when netpoll is off is missing a const thus causing a warning. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-06-15bridge: use rx_handler_data pointer to store net_bridge_port pointerJiri Pirko
Register net_bridge_port pointer as rx_handler data pointer. As br_port is removed from struct net_device, another netdev priv_flag is added to indicate the device serves as a bridge port. Also rcuized pointers are now correctly dereferenced in br_fdb.c and in netfilter parts. Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-06-15bridge: Fix netpoll supportHerbert Xu
There are multiple problems with the newly added netpoll support: 1) Use-after-free on each netpoll packet. 2) Invoking unsafe code on netpoll/IRQ path. 3) Breaks when netpoll is enabled on the underlying device. This patch fixes all of these problems. In particular, we now allocate proper netpoll structures for each underlying device. We only allow netpoll to be enabled on the bridge when all the devices underneath it support netpoll. Once it is enabled, we do not allow non-netpoll devices to join the bridge (until netpoll is disabled again). This allows us to do away with the npinfo juggling that caused problem number 1. Incidentally this patch fixes number 2 by bypassing unsafe code such as multicast snooping and netfilter. Reported-by: Qianfeng Zhang <frzhang@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-06-02net: replace hooks in __netif_receive_skb V5Jiri Pirko
What this patch does is it removes two receive frame hooks (for bridge and for macvlan) from __netif_receive_skb. These are replaced them with a single hook for both. It only supports one hook per device because it makes no sense to do bridging and macvlan on the same device. Then a network driver (of virtual netdev like macvlan or bridge) can register an rx_handler for needed net device. Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-05-15bridge: update sysfs link names if port device names have changedSimon Arlott
Links for each port are created in sysfs using the device name, but this could be changed after being added to the bridge. As well as being unable to remove interfaces after this occurs (because userspace tools don't recognise the new name, and the kernel won't recognise the old name), adding another interface with the old name to the bridge will cause an error trying to create the sysfs link. This fixes the problem by listening for NETDEV_CHANGENAME notifications and renaming the link. https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12743 Signed-off-by: Simon Arlott <simon@fire.lp0.eu> Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-05-15bridge: change console message interfacestephen hemminger
Use one set of macro's for all bridge messages. Note: can't use netdev_XXX macro's because bridge is purely virtual and has no device parent. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-05-15bridge: netpoll cleanupstephen hemminger
Move code around so that the ifdef for NETPOLL_CONTROLLER don't have to show up in main code path. The control functions should be in helpers that are only compiled if needed. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-05-06bridge: make bridge support netpollWANG Cong
Based on the previous patch, make bridge support netpoll by: 1) implement the 2 methods to support netpoll for bridge; 2) modify netpoll during forwarding packets via bridge; 3) disable netpoll support of bridge when a netpoll-unabled device is added to bridge; 4) enable netpoll support when all underlying devices support netpoll. Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com> Cc: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <amwang@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-04-23bridge br_multicast: IPv6 MLD support.YOSHIFUJI Hideaki
Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
2010-04-23bridge br_multicast: Make functions less ipv4 dependent.YOSHIFUJI Hideaki
Introduce struct br_ip{} to store ip address and protocol and make functions more generic so that we can support both IPv4 and IPv6 with less pain. Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
2010-04-20net: Fix various endianness glitchesEric Dumazet
Sparse can help us find endianness bugs, but we need to make some cleanups to be able to more easily spot real bugs. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-03-16bridge: per-cpu packet statistics (v3)stephen hemminger
The shared packet statistics are a potential source of slow down on bridged traffic. Convert to per-cpu array, but only keep those statistics which change per-packet. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-03-16bridge br_multicast: Don't refer to BR_INPUT_SKB_CB(skb)->mrouters_only ↵YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
without IGMP snooping. Without CONFIG_BRIDGE_IGMP_SNOOPING, BR_INPUT_SKB_CB(skb)->mrouters_only is not appropriately initialized, so we can see garbage. A clear option to fix this is to set it even without that config, but we cannot optimize out the branch. Let's introduce a macro that returns value of mrouters_only and let it return 0 without CONFIG_BRIDGE_IGMP_SNOOPING. Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-03-16bridge: Fix br_forward crash in promiscuous modeMichael Braun
From: Michael Braun <michael-dev@fami-braun.de> bridge: Fix br_forward crash in promiscuous mode It's a linux-next kernel from 2010-03-12 on an x86 system and it OOPs in the bridge module in br_pass_frame_up (called by br_handle_frame_finish) because brdev cannot be dereferenced (its set to a non-null value). Adding some BUG_ON statements revealed that BR_INPUT_SKB_CB(skb)->brdev == br-dev (as set in br_handle_frame_finish first) only holds until br_forward is called. The next call to br_pass_frame_up then fails. Digging deeper it seems that br_forward either frees the skb or passes it to NF_HOOK which will in turn take care of freeing the skb. The same is holds for br_pass_frame_ip. So it seems as if two independent skb allocations are required. As far as I can see, commit b33084be192ee1e347d98bb5c9e38a53d98d35e2 ("bridge: Avoid unnecessary clone on forward path") removed skb duplication and so likely causes this crash. This crash does not happen on 2.6.33. I've therefore modified br_forward the same way br_flood has been modified so that the skb is not freed if skb0 is going to be used and I can confirm that the attached patch resolves the issue for me. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-03-07Driver core: Constify struct sysfs_ops in struct kobj_typeEmese Revfy
Constify struct sysfs_ops. This is part of the ops structure constification effort started by Arjan van de Ven et al. Benefits of this constification: * prevents modification of data that is shared (referenced) by many other structure instances at runtime * detects/prevents accidental (but not intentional) modification attempts on archs that enforce read-only kernel data at runtime * potentially better optimized code as the compiler can assume that the const data cannot be changed * the compiler/linker move const data into .rodata and therefore exclude them from false sharing Signed-off-by: Emese Revfy <re.emese@gmail.com> Acked-by: David Teigland <teigland@redhat.com> Acked-by: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com> Acked-by: Maciej Sosnowski <maciej.sosnowski@intel.com> Acked-by: Hans J. Koch <hjk@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi> Acked-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2010-03-02bridge: Fix build error when IGMP_SNOOPING is not enabledSridhar Samudrala
Fix the following build error when IGMP_SNOOPING is not enabled. In file included from net/bridge/br.c:24: net/bridge/br_private.h: In function 'br_multicast_is_router': net/bridge/br_private.h:361: error: 'struct net_bridge' has no member named 'multicast_router' net/bridge/br_private.h:362: error: 'struct net_bridge' has no member named 'multicast_router' net/bridge/br_private.h:363: error: 'struct net_bridge' has no member named 'multicast_router_timer' Signed-off-by: Sridhar Samudrala <sri@us.ibm.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Acked-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-02-28bridge: Add hash elasticity/max sysfs entriesHerbert Xu
This patch allows the user to control the hash elasticity/max parameters. The elasticity setting does not take effect until the next new multicast group is added. At which point it is checked and if after rehashing it still can't be satisfied then snooping will be disabled. The max setting on the other hand takes effect immediately. It must be a power of two and cannot be set to a value less than the current number of multicast group entries. This is the only way to shrink the multicast hash. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-02-28bridge: Add multicast_snooping sysfs toggleHerbert Xu
This patch allows the user to disable IGMP snooping completely through a sysfs toggle. It also allows the user to reenable snooping when it has been automatically disabled due to hash collisions. If the collisions have not been resolved however the system will refuse to reenable snooping. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-02-28bridge: Add multicast_router sysfs entriesHerbert Xu
This patch allows the user to forcibly enable/disable ports as having multicast routers attached. A port with a multicast router will receive all multicast traffic. The value 0 disables it completely. The default is 1 which lets the system automatically detect the presence of routers (currently this is limited to picking up queries), and 2 means that the port will always receive all multicast traffic. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-02-28bridge: Add multicast forwarding functionsHerbert Xu
This patch adds code to perform selective multicast forwarding. We forward multicast traffic to a set of ports plus all multicast router ports. In order to avoid duplications among these two sets of ports, we order all ports by the numeric value of their pointers. The two lists are then walked in lock-step to eliminate duplicates. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-02-28bridge: Add core IGMP snooping supportHerbert Xu
This patch adds the core functionality of IGMP snooping support without actually hooking it up. So this patch should be a no-op as far as the bridge's external behaviour is concerned. All the new code and data is controlled by the Kconfig option BRIDGE_IGMP_SNOOPING. A run-time toggle is also available. The multicast switching is done using an hash table that is lockless on the read-side through RCU. On the write-side the new multicast_lock is used for all operations. The hash table supports dynamic growth/rehashing. The hash table will be rehashed if any chain length exceeds a preset limit. If rehashing does not reduce the maximum chain length then snooping will be disabled. These features may be added in future (in no particular order): * IGMPv3 source support * Non-querier router detection * IPv6 Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-02-28bridge: Avoid unnecessary clone on forward pathHerbert Xu
When the packet is delivered to the local bridge device we may end up cloning it unnecessarily if no bridge port can receive the packet in br_flood. This patch avoids this by moving the skb_clone into br_flood. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-02-28bridge: Allow tail-call on br_pass_frame_upHerbert Xu
This patch allows tail-call on the call to br_pass_frame_up in br_handle_frame_finish. This is now possible because of the previous patch to call br_pass_frame_up last. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-02-04bridge: Remove unused age_listHerbert Xu
This patch removes the unused age_list member from the net_bridge structure. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-09-01netdev: convert pseudo-devices to netdev_tx_tStephen Hemminger
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-08-13net/bridge: Add 'hairpin' port forwarding modeFischer, Anna
This patch adds a 'hairpin' (also called 'reflective relay') mode port configuration to the Linux Ethernet bridge kernel module. A bridge supporting hairpin forwarding mode can send frames back out through the port the frame was received on. Hairpin mode is required to support basic VEPA (Virtual Ethernet Port Aggregator) capabilities. You can find additional information on VEPA here: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/evb/ http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2009/new-hudson-vepa_seminar-20090514d.pdf http://www.internet2.edu/presentations/jt2009jul/20090719-congdon.pdf An additional patch 'bridge-utils: Add 'hairpin' port forwarding mode' is provided to allow configuring hairpin mode from userspace tools. Signed-off-by: Paul Congdon <paul.congdon@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Anna Fischer <anna.fischer@hp.com> Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>