From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: bridge: add per-port group_fwd_mask with less restrictions Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 06:04:18 +0100 (WEST) Message-ID: <20170929.060418.1634372835635805803.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1506517964-17479-1-git-send-email-nikolay@cumulusnetworks.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, roopa@cumulusnetworks.com, bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org, stephen@networkplumber.org To: nikolay@cumulusnetworks.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([184.105.139.130]:45280 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751830AbdI2LAc (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Sep 2017 07:00:32 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1506517964-17479-1-git-send-email-nikolay@cumulusnetworks.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Nikolay Aleksandrov Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2017 16:12:44 +0300 > We need to be able to transparently forward most link-local frames via > tunnels (e.g. vxlan, qinq). Currently the bridge's group_fwd_mask has a > mask which restricts the forwarding of STP and LACP, but we need to be able > to forward these over tunnels and control that forwarding on a per-port > basis thus add a new per-port group_fwd_mask option which only disallows > mac pause frames to be forwarded (they're always dropped anyway). > The patch does not change the current default situation - all of the others > are still restricted unless configured for forwarding. > We have successfully tested this patch with LACP and STP forwarding over > VxLAN and qinq tunnels. > > Signed-off-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov Applied, thanks.