From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH] bridge: Reset IPCB on forward non-local packets in br_handle_frame_finish() Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:16:50 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20111102.161650.1738310866527255233.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20111102123106.107f4cb8@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net> <20111102131445.28a92335@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org, herbert@gondor.hengli.com.au, netdev@vger.kernel.org, vvs@parallels.com, devel@openvz.org To: shemminger@vyatta.com Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20111102131445.28a92335@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: bridge-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org Errors-To: bridge-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Stephen Hemminger Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 13:14:45 -0700 > On Wed, 2 Nov 2011 13:45:29 -0600 > Daniel Robbins wrote: > >> On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote: >> > >> > What kernel version are you using? There were several previous fixes >> > in br_netfilter to deal with this type of issue over the last year. >> >> It's a kernel from this obscure company called Red Hat, and they >> include it in this product called Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. >> >> Specifically, 042stab37.1 :) >> >> -Daniel > > The pay for their tech support and have them fix it. > BTW - the problem was fixed upstream a long time ago, the upstream > kernel moves fast and RHEL probably froze many months before their > release. So the original patch not only wasn't build tested, the submitter also didn't even check if upstream even _had_ the bug to begin with.