Re: [RFC 1/2] bridge: avoid ptype_all packet handling

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From: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2007 16:38:45 +1100

> This is using packet_bind_spkt which uses a name instead of ifindex.

So it should be just fine, it should be binding to a specific
device (by name instead of ifindex) and therefore it should
only trigger the pt_all hook when the packet arrives on that
specific device.

> As you may recall, I've made a patch to convert it to use the new
> (actually it's not-so-new anymore) AF_PACKET interface.

That's right.

So it's still a mystery why dhcp is causing bridge devices
to trigger the network tap paths on Stephen's machine.
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