The change to forward STP bpdu's (for usermode STP) through normal path,
changed the packet type in the process. Since link local stuff is multicast, it
should stay pkt_type = PACKET_MULTICAST.  The code was probably copy/pasted
incorrectly from the bridge pseudo-device receive path.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>

--- bridge-2.6.22.orig/net/bridge/br_input.c
+++ bridge-2.6.22/net/bridge/br_input.c
@@ -131,12 +131,9 @@ 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 (unlikely(is_link_local(dest)))
 		return (NF_HOOK(PF_BRIDGE, NF_BR_LOCAL_IN, skb, skb->dev,
 				NULL, br_handle_local_finish) == 0) ? skb : NULL;
-	}
 
 	switch (p->state) {
 	case BR_STATE_FORWARDING:

-- 

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