From: Danielle Ratson <danieller@nvidia.com>
To: <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: <dsahern@kernel.org>, <stephen@networkplumber.org>,
<razor@blackwall.org>, <petrm@nvidia.com>, <idosch@nvidia.com>,
Danielle Ratson <danieller@nvidia.com>
Subject: [PATCH iproute2-next 2/2] bridge: vlan: Add support for neigh_forward_grat
Date: Sun, 17 May 2026 11:25:01 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260517082501.899009-3-danieller@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260517082501.899009-1-danieller@nvidia.com>
Add support for controlling gratuitous ARP and unsolicited NA
forwarding at the per-VLAN level via the neigh_forward_grat option.
This allows configuring the option via:
$ bridge vlan set dev <port> vid <vlan> neigh_forward_grat {on|off}
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Petr Machata <petrm@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Danielle Ratson <danieller@nvidia.com>
---
bridge/vlan.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
man/man8/bridge.8 | 15 ++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/bridge/vlan.c b/bridge/vlan.c
index 27d31ba8..ff03ac86 100644
--- a/bridge/vlan.c
+++ b/bridge/vlan.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ static void usage(void)
" [ mcast_router MULTICAST_ROUTER ]\n"
" [ mcast_max_groups MAX_GROUPS ]\n"
" [ neigh_suppress {on | off} ]\n"
+ " [ neigh_forward_grat {on | off} ]\n"
" bridge vlan { show } [ dev DEV ] [ vid VLAN_ID ]\n"
" bridge vlan { tunnelshow } [ dev DEV ] [ vid VLAN_ID ]\n"
" bridge vlan global { set } vid VLAN_ID dev DEV\n"
@@ -368,6 +369,18 @@ static int vlan_option_set(int argc, char **argv)
addattr8(&req.n, sizeof(req),
BRIDGE_VLANDB_ENTRY_NEIGH_SUPPRESS,
neigh_suppress);
+ } else if (strcmp(*argv, "neigh_forward_grat") == 0) {
+ bool neigh_forward_grat;
+ int ret;
+
+ NEXT_ARG();
+ neigh_forward_grat = parse_on_off("neigh_forward_grat",
+ *argv, &ret);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ addattr8(&req.n, sizeof(req),
+ BRIDGE_VLANDB_ENTRY_NEIGH_FORWARD_GRAT,
+ neigh_forward_grat);
} else {
if (matches(*argv, "help") == 0)
NEXT_ARG();
@@ -1012,6 +1025,11 @@ static void print_vlan_opts(struct rtattr *a, int ifindex)
print_on_off(PRINT_ANY, "neigh_suppress", "neigh_suppress %s ",
rta_getattr_u8(vattr));
}
+ if (vtb[BRIDGE_VLANDB_ENTRY_NEIGH_FORWARD_GRAT]) {
+ vattr = vtb[BRIDGE_VLANDB_ENTRY_NEIGH_FORWARD_GRAT];
+ print_on_off(PRINT_ANY, "neigh_forward_grat",
+ "neigh_forward_grat %s ", rta_getattr_u8(vattr));
+ }
print_nl();
if (show_stats)
bridge_print_vlan_stats_only(&vstats);
diff --git a/man/man8/bridge.8 b/man/man8/bridge.8
index aae6c75a..d2323521 100644
--- a/man/man8/bridge.8
+++ b/man/man8/bridge.8
@@ -241,7 +241,8 @@ bridge \- show / manipulate bridge addresses and devices
.IR MAX_GROUPS " ] [ "
.B mcast_router
.IR MULTICAST_ROUTER " ] [ "
-.BR neigh_suppress " { " on " | " off " } ]"
+.BR neigh_suppress " { " on " | " off " } ] [ "
+.BR neigh_forward_grat " { " on " | " off " } ]"
.ti -8
.BR "bridge vlan" " [ " show " | " tunnelshow " ] [ "
@@ -1486,6 +1487,18 @@ for a given VLAN on a given port. By default this flag is off.
Note that this option only takes effect when \fBbridge link\fR option
\fBneigh_vlan_suppress\fR is enabled for a given port.
+.TP
+.BR "neigh_forward_grat on " or " neigh_forward_grat off "
+Controls whether gratuitous ARP packets and unsolicited Neighbor Advertisement
+packets are forwarded when neighbor suppression is enabled for a given VLAN
+on a given port. By default this flag is off, meaning gratuitous ARP and
+unsolicited NA packets will be suppressed when neighbor suppression is enabled.
+Setting this flag to on allows these packets to be forwarded even when
+neighbor suppression is enabled.
+
+Note that this option only takes effect when \fBbridge link\fR option
+\fBneigh_vlan_suppress\fR is enabled for a given port.
+
.SS bridge vlan show - list vlan configuration.
This command displays the current VLAN filter table.
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-17 8:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-17 8:24 [PATCH iproute2-next 0/2] Add support for neigh_forward_grat Danielle Ratson
2026-05-17 8:25 ` [PATCH iproute2-next 1/2] iplink: bridge_slave: " Danielle Ratson
2026-05-17 14:09 ` Nikolay Aleksandrov
2026-05-17 8:25 ` Danielle Ratson [this message]
2026-05-17 14:10 ` [PATCH iproute2-next 2/2] bridge: vlan: " Nikolay Aleksandrov
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