netdev - bridge: accept bridge own MAC address as local

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Date:	Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:30:24 +0200
From:	Ulrich Weber <ulrich.weber@...hos.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: bridge: accept bridge own MAC address as local

bridge: accept bridge own MAC address as local
if MAC address of bridge is manually set (BR_SET_MAC_ADDR). Otherwise
only MAC addresses of bridge members will work if manually set.

Signed-off-by: Ulrich Weber <ulrich.weber@...hos.com>
---
 net/bridge/br_input.c |    4 +++-
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/bridge/br_input.c b/net/bridge/br_input.c
index f06ee39..3adabe3 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_input.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_input.c
@@ -93,7 +93,9 @@ 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 ((br->flags & BR_SET_MAC_ADDR &&
+		    !compare_ether_addr(br->bridge_id.addr, dest)) ||
+		   ((dst = __br_fdb_get(br, dest)) && dst->is_local)) {
 		skb2 = skb;
 		/* Do not forward the packet since it's local. */
 		skb = NULL;
-- 
1.7.4.1

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