This patch allows bridge to behave much like ordinary hub. That means that
every frame received is forwarded to all ports. This functionality is of course
disabled by default, can be enabled via sysfs. This could be handy mainly for
testing purposes.
Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/bridge/br_device.c | 14 +++++++++-----
net/bridge/br_input.c | 12 +++++++++---
net/bridge/br_private.h | 1 +
net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_device.c b/net/bridge/br_device.c
index cf09fe5..1bfc1c5 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_device.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_device.c
@@ -60,14 +60,18 @@ netdev_tx_t br_dev_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
}
mdst = br_mdb_get(br, skb);
- if (mdst || BR_INPUT_SKB_CB_MROUTERS_ONLY(skb))
+ if ((mdst || BR_INPUT_SKB_CB_MROUTERS_ONLY(skb)) &&
+ likely(!br->hub_mode))
br_multicast_deliver(mdst, skb);
else
br_flood_deliver(br, skb);
- } else if ((dst = __br_fdb_get(br, dest)) != NULL)
- br_deliver(dst->dst, skb);
- else
- br_flood_deliver(br, skb);
+ } else {
+ dst = __br_fdb_get(br, dest);
+ if (dst && likely(!br->hub_mode))
+ br_deliver(dst->dst, skb);
+ else
+ br_flood_deliver(br, skb);
+ }
out:
rcu_read_unlock();
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_input.c b/net/bridge/br_input.c
index 826cd52..24ee87e 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_input.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_input.c
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ int br_handle_frame_finish(struct sk_buff *skb)
if (is_multicast_ether_addr(dest)) {
mdst = br_mdb_get(br, skb);
- if (mdst || BR_INPUT_SKB_CB_MROUTERS_ONLY(skb)) {
+ if ((mdst || BR_INPUT_SKB_CB_MROUTERS_ONLY(skb)) &&
+ likely(!br->hub_mode)) {
if ((mdst && !hlist_unhashed(&mdst->mglist)) ||
br_multicast_is_router(br))
skb2 = skb;
@@ -89,8 +90,13 @@ int br_handle_frame_finish(struct sk_buff *skb)
br->dev->stats.multicast++;
} else if ((dst = __br_fdb_get(br, dest)) && dst->is_local) {
skb2 = skb;
- /* Do not forward the packet since it's local. */
- skb = NULL;
+ if (likely(!br->hub_mode)) {
+ /* Do not forward the packet since it's local. */
+ skb = NULL;
+ } else {
+ /* In hub mode we want to forward the packet to all. */
+ dst = NULL;
+ }
}
if (skb) {
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_private.h b/net/bridge/br_private.h
index 75c90ed..b6a9a7e 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_private.h
+++ b/net/bridge/br_private.h
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ struct net_bridge
unsigned long ageing_time;
unsigned long bridge_hello_time;
unsigned long bridge_forward_delay;
+ bool hub_mode;
u8 group_addr[ETH_ALEN];
u16 root_port;
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
index 5c1e555..ac98aa4 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
@@ -345,6 +345,30 @@ static ssize_t store_flush(struct device *d,
}
static DEVICE_ATTR(flush, S_IWUSR, NULL, store_flush);
+static ssize_t show_hub_mode(struct device *d,
+ struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+ struct net_bridge *br = to_bridge(d);
+
+ return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", br->hub_mode ? 1 : 0);
+}
+
+static int set_hub_mode(struct net_bridge *br, unsigned long val)
+{
+ br->hub_mode = val ? true : false;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static ssize_t store_hub_mode(struct device *d,
+ struct device_attribute *attr,
+ const char *buf, size_t len)
+{
+ return store_bridge_parm(d, buf, len, set_hub_mode);
+}
+
+static DEVICE_ATTR(hub_mode, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
+ show_hub_mode, store_hub_mode);
+
#ifdef CONFIG_BRIDGE_IGMP_SNOOPING
static ssize_t show_multicast_router(struct device *d,
struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
@@ -698,6 +722,7 @@ static struct attribute *bridge_attrs[] = {
&dev_attr_gc_timer.attr,
&dev_attr_group_addr.attr,
&dev_attr_flush.attr,
+ &dev_attr_hub_mode.attr,
#ifdef CONFIG_BRIDGE_IGMP_SNOOPING
&dev_attr_multicast_router.attr,
&dev_attr_multicast_snooping.attr,
--
1.7.2.1
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