The Ethernet bridge code silently drops packets when forwarding a packet
that is too large for the destination interface (as per 802.1d). But it
should allow for VLAN tagged frames.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx>
--- bridge.orig/net/bridge/br_forward.c 2006-04-10 16:17:51.000000000 -0700
+++ bridge/net/bridge/br_forward.c 2006-04-19 13:50:42.000000000 -0700
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/netdevice.h>
#include <linux/skbuff.h>
+#include <linux/if_vlan.h>
#include <linux/netfilter_bridge.h>
#include "br_private.h"
@@ -29,10 +30,15 @@
return 1;
}
+static inline unsigned packet_length(const struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+ return skb->len - (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_8021Q) ? VLAN_HLEN : 0);
+}
+
int br_dev_queue_push_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb)
{
/* drop mtu oversized packets except tso */
- if (skb->len > skb->dev->mtu && !skb_shinfo(skb)->tso_size)
+ if (packet_length(skb) > skb->dev->mtu && !skb_shinfo(skb)->tso_size)
kfree_skb(skb);
else {
#ifdef CONFIG_BRIDGE_NETFILTER
