Re: [PATCH 0/3] bridge: Some nice new things for vlan filtering

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On 2014/09/16 1:24, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Sep 2014 16:44:48 -0400
> Vladislav Yasevich <vyasevich@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> While working with vlan filtering and non-promisc mode, I've found
>> myself wanting untagged traffic to automatically pass through the
>> bridge.  So I decided to introduce the concept of a per bridge default
>> pvid.  VLAN 1 is used as default pvid by default and can be changed
>> by user through sysfs while vlan filtering is off. (I'll be adding netlink
>> support now that Jiri Pirko kindly added the ifrastructure).  Default
>> pvid is assigned to all ports that do not assign their own pvid or
>> already have a given vlan configured.  This makes it very simple
>> to enable vlan filtering on the bridge, not have to configure a thing,
>> and still pass untagged traffic.
>>
>> The other small thing this series adds is automatic update of the
>> vlan filter when vlan is configured on top of the bridge.  In this
>> case we automatically add the given vlan to the bridge filter list.
>> The ports may still need to be updated as we don't know which ports
>> are allowed to receive a given vlan.
>>
>> Thanks
>> -vlad
>>
>> Vladislav Yasevich (3):
>>   bridge: Add a default_pvid sysfs attribute
>>   bridge: Add filtering support for default_pvid
>>   bridge; Automatically filter vlans configured on top of bridge
>>
>>  net/bridge/br_device.c   |  54 +++++++++++++++++++---
>>  net/bridge/br_if.c       |   2 +
>>  net/bridge/br_private.h  |  35 ++++++++++++++-
>>  net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c |  17 +++++++
>>  net/bridge/br_vlan.c     | 113 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>  5 files changed, 213 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>>
> 
> Please, no special VLAN 1, other equipment has that silliness.
> 
> Why is untagged traffic not treated as VLAN 0?

I guess it's respecting 802.1Q spec.

  Table 9-2—Reserved VID values

  VID value: 1
  The default PVID value used for classifying frames on ingress through
  a Bridge Port. The PVID value of a Port can be changed by management.

Thanks,
Toshiaki Makita




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