From: Koki Sanagi <sanagi.koki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:31:18 +0900
> When the MAC address of a bridge interface is changed, it cannot communicate
> with others. Because Whether or not a packet should be transferred to bridge
> interface depends on whether or not dst of a packet is in fdb and is_local=y.
> If we change MAC address of a bridge interface, it isn't in fdb.
>
> This patch adds an condition that dst of a packet matches MAC address of
> a bridge interface to the conventional condition.
>
> Signed-off-by: Koki Sanagi <sanagi.koki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
This looks like a patch I've seen before, and in any event it makes
more sense to update the FDB when the MAC changes instead of adding a
special bypass rule.
Stephen?
> ---
> net/bridge/br_input.c | 3 ++-
> 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/bridge/br_input.c b/net/bridge/br_input.c
> index 5a31731..4e5c862 100644
> --- a/net/bridge/br_input.c
> +++ b/net/bridge/br_input.c
> @@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ int br_handle_frame_finish(struct sk_buff *skb)
> skb2 = skb;
>
> br->dev->stats.multicast++;
> - } else if ((dst = __br_fdb_get(br, dest)) && dst->is_local) {
> + } else if ((dst = __br_fdb_get(br, dest) && dst->is_local) ||
> + !compare_ether_addr(p->br->dev->dev_addr, dest)) {
> skb2 = skb;
> /* Do not forward the packet since it's local. */
> skb = NULL;
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