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Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:07:21 -0700 (PDT) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: shemminger@...ux-foundation.org Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, bridge@...ux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] bridge: drop PAUSE frames From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org> Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:47:39 -0700 > Pause frames should never make it out of the network device into > the stack. But if a device was misconfigured, it might happen. > So drop pause frames in bridge. > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org> It can happen when in promiscuous mode, but that's the only legal case I can think of. But that case shouldn't be hitting this path I don't think. So this change is borderline and if anything we should put an assertion somewhere maybe, but applied for now. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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