From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "John W. Linville" Subject: Re: [PATCH] bridge: packets leaking out of disabled/blocked ports Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:03:13 -0400 Message-ID: <20070830200313.GF5140@tuxdriver.com> References: <20070829150515.54dd7ecf@freepuppy.rosehill.hemminger.net> <426497.88154.qm@web51910.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <20070830122258.1c606516@freepuppy.rosehill.hemminger.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: wang dengyi , "David S. Miller" , bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Stephen Hemminger Return-path: Received: from ra.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.52]:4658 "EHLO ra.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758132AbXH3Uot (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:44:49 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070830122258.1c606516@freepuppy.rosehill.hemminger.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 12:22:58PM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > This patch fixes some packet leakage in bridge. The bridging code > was allowing forward table entries to be generated even if a device > was being blocked. The fix is to not add forwarding database entries > unless the port is active. Seems reasonable -- ACK John -- John W. Linville linville@tuxdriver.com