Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] nwfiler: fix due to non-symmetric src mac address match in iptables

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Daniel Veillard <veillard@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 04/07/2010 03:55:19 AM:


> On Tue, Apr 06, 2010 at 03:55:26PM -0400, Stefan Berger wrote:
> > The attached patch fixes a problem due to the mac match in iptables only
> > supporting --mac-source and no --mac-destination, thus it not being
> > symmetric. Therefore a rule like this one
> >
> > <rule action='' direction='out'>
> >   <all match='no' srcmacaddr='$MAC'/>
> > </rule>
> >
> > should only have the MAC match on traffic leaving the VM and not test
> > for the same source MAC address on traffic that the VM receives.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
>
>   Okay, I had to check _iptablesCreateRuleInstance() source to find out
> it's a giant switch, then patch makes sense, looks low risk and well
> contained,
>
> ACK,
>

Thanks. Pushed.

   Stefan

> Daniel
>
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