netdev - [RFC] bridge: if no STP then forward all BPDU's

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Date:	Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:12:26 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [RFC] bridge: if no STP then forward all BPDU's

The bridge code by default captures all spanning tree packets and
doesn't forward them. I propose that this might not be a good idea.

If a bridge is not running STP, then it has no way to detect a cycle
in the network (by itself). But if some other machine is running STP,
then if STP BPDU's get forwarded to the STP can detect the cycle
(and turn off that link).  

              +------------+ <-BPDU-  +--------+
              | transparent|==========| STP    |
              |  bridge    |==========| bridge |=== ...
              +------------+ -BPDU->  +--------+

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
---
 net/bridge/br_input.c |   12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- bridge-2.6.22.orig/net/bridge/br_input.c
+++ bridge-2.6.22/net/bridge/br_input.c
@@ -131,8 +131,16 @@ struct sk_buff *br_handle_frame(struct n
 	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(eth_hdr(skb)->h_source))
 		goto drop;

-	if (unlikely(is_link_local(dest))) {
-		skb->pkt_type = PACKET_HOST;
+	/*
+	 * If STP is running, then trap all link-local (802.1x) frames
+	 * process through normal receive path.
+	 *
+	 * For safety, if not running STP then act as a completely transparent
+	 * device. This means that if STP is running on another machine, it
+	 * can still detect cycles.
+	 */
+	if (p->br->stp_enabled != BR_NO_STP && is_link_local(dest)) {
+		/* skb->pkt_type should already be PACKET_MULTICAST */

 		return (NF_HOOK(PF_BRIDGE, NF_BR_LOCAL_IN, skb, skb->dev,
 				NULL, br_handle_local_finish) == 0) ? skb : NULL;
-
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