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Subject: Re: VLAN packets silently dropped in promiscuous mode
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From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:16:44 +0200

> [PATCH] vlan: dont drop packets from unknown vlans in promiscuous mode
> 
> Roger Luethi noticed packets for unknown VLANs getting silently dropped
> even in promiscuous mode.
> 
> Check for promiscuous mode in __vlan_hwaccel_rx() and vlan_gro_common()
> before drops.
> 
> As suggested by Patrick, mark such packets to have skb->pkt_type set to
> PACKET_OTHERHOST to make sure they are dropped by IP stack.
> 
> Reported-by: Roger Luethi <rl@hellgate.ch>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
> CC: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks everyone!