Nikolay, Am Dienstag, 2. Oktober 2018, 16:59:31 CEST schrieb Nikolay Aleksandrov: > Richard please check commit: > commit 5af48b59f35c > Author: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Wed Sep 27 16:12:44 2017 +0300 > > net: bridge: add per-port group_fwd_mask with less restrictions > > We need to be able to transparently forward most link-local frames via > tunnels (e.g. vxlan, qinq). Currently the bridge's group_fwd_mask has a > mask which restricts the forwarding of STP and LACP, but we need to be able > to forward these over tunnels and control that forwarding on a per-port > basis thus add a new per-port group_fwd_mask option which only disallows > mac pause frames to be forwarded (they're always dropped anyway). > The patch does not change the current default situation - all of the others > are still restricted unless configured for forwarding. > We have successfully tested this patch with LACP and STP forwarding over > VxLAN and qinq tunnels. > > Signed-off-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Will this work for you ? > It's in the bridge since v4.15. Hmm, I *think* this is exactly what I need. To understand it correctly, I have to set per port group_fwd_mask for both slaves of the bridge then it will forward anything (except for PAUSE frames)? Is there a reason why this knob is not documented in Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net? Thanks, //richard
