Arnd Bergmann a écrit :
> This allows each macvlan slave device to be in one
> of three modes, depending on the use case:
>
> MACVLAN_MODE_PRIVATE:
> The device never communicates with any other device
> on the same upper_dev. This even includes frames
> coming back from a reflective relay, where supported
> by the adjacent bridge.
>
> MACVLAN_MODE_VEPA:
> The new Virtual Ethernet Port Aggregator (VEPA) mode,
> we assume that the adjacent bridge returns all frames
> where both source and destination are local to the
> macvlan port, i.e. the bridge is set up as a reflective
> relay.
> Broadcast frames coming in from the upper_dev get
> flooded to all macvlan interfaces in VEPA mode.
> We never deliver any frames locally.
>
> MACVLAN_MODE_BRIDGE:
> We provide the behavior of a simple bridge between
> different macvlan interfaces on the same port. Frames
> from one interface to another one get delivered directly
> and are not sent out externally. Broadcast frames get
> flooded to all other bridge ports and to the external
> interface, but when they come back from a reflective
> relay, we don't deliver them again.
> Since we know all the MAC addresses, the macvlan bridge
> mode does not require learning or STP like the bridge
> module does.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> if (is_multicast_ether_addr(eth->h_dest)) {
> - macvlan_broadcast(skb, port, NULL);
> + src = macvlan_hash_lookup(port, eth->h_source);
> + if (!src)
> + /* frame comes from an external address */
> + macvlan_broadcast(skb, port, NULL, MACVLAN_MODE_VEPA
> + | MACVLAN_MODE_VEPA | MACVLAN_MODE_BRIDGE);
typo here, you probably meant MACVLAN_PRIVATE | MACVLAN_VEPA | MACVLAN_BRIDGE
> + else if (src->mode == MACVLAN_MODE_VEPA)
> + /* flood to everyone except source */
> + macvlan_broadcast(skb, port, src->dev,
> + MACVLAN_MODE_VEPA | MACVLAN_MODE_BRIDGE);
> + else if (src->mode == MACVLAN_MODE_BRIDGE)
> + /* flood only to VEPA ports, bridge ports
> + already saw the frame */
> + macvlan_broadcast(skb, port, src->dev,
> + MACVLAN_MODE_VEPA);
> return skb;
> }
>
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