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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: herbert@gondor.apana.org.au
Cc: shemminger@linux-foundation.org, bridge@linux-foundation.org,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC 1/2] bridge: avoid ptype_all packet handling
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2007 21:59:05 -0800 (PST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070302.215905.74747266.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1HNMxB-0000MP-00@gondolin.me.apana.org.au>

From: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2007 16:38:45 +1100

> This is using packet_bind_spkt which uses a name instead of ifindex.

So it should be just fine, it should be binding to a specific
device (by name instead of ifindex) and therefore it should
only trigger the pt_all hook when the packet arrives on that
specific device.

> As you may recall, I've made a patch to convert it to use the new
> (actually it's not-so-new anymore) AF_PACKET interface.

That's right.

So it's still a mystery why dhcp is causing bridge devices
to trigger the network tap paths on Stephen's machine.

  reply	other threads:[~2007-03-03  5:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-03-01  1:18 [PATCH] bridge: avoid ptype_all packet handling Stephen Hemminger
2007-03-01  1:28 ` Ben Greear
2007-03-01  3:56   ` Stephen Hemminger
2007-03-01  4:05     ` Ben Greear
2007-03-01  7:04       ` Stephen Hemminger
2007-03-01  7:22         ` David Miller
2007-03-01  7:26           ` Stephen Hemminger
2007-03-01  7:30             ` David Miller
2007-03-01 11:47               ` jamal
2007-03-03  2:14               ` Andi Kleen
2007-03-03  4:22                 ` David Miller
2007-03-03  7:09                   ` Stephen Hemminger
2007-03-03 12:30                   ` Andi Kleen
2007-03-02 21:26 ` David Miller
2007-03-02 22:09   ` [RFC 1/2] " Stephen Hemminger
2007-03-02 22:14     ` [RFC 2/2] bridge: per device promiscious taps Stephen Hemminger
2007-03-02 22:48     ` [RFC 1/2] bridge: avoid ptype_all packet handling David Miller
2007-03-02 23:18       ` David Miller
2007-03-02 23:34         ` Stephen Hemminger
2007-03-02 23:41           ` David Miller
2007-03-03  5:38         ` Herbert Xu
2007-03-03  5:59           ` David Miller [this message]
2007-03-03  6:42             ` Herbert Xu
2007-03-02 22:15   ` Stephen Hemminger
2007-03-03 12:04   ` [PATCH] " Stefan Rompf

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