From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: shemminger@vyatta.com
Cc: bridge@linux-foundation.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] bridge: relay bridge multicast pkgs if !STP
Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 21:13:26 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090517.211326.88138889.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090515091013.44b624d7@nehalam>
From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 09:10:13 -0700
> Currently the bridge catches all STP packets; even if STP is turned
> off. This prevents other systems (which do have STP turned on)
> from being able to detect loops in the network.
>
> With this patch, if STP is off, then any packet sent to the STP
> multicast group address is forwarded to all ports.
>
> Based on earlier patch by Joakim Tjernlund with changes
> to go through forwarding (not local chain), and optimization
> that only last octet needs to be checked.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Applied.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-05-18 4:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-05-15 16:10 [PATCH 1/2] bridge: relay bridge multicast pkgs if !STP Stephen Hemminger
2009-05-15 16:11 ` [PATCH 2/2] bridge: fix initial packet flood " Stephen Hemminger
2009-05-18 4:13 ` David Miller
2009-05-18 4:13 ` David Miller [this message]
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