netdev - Re: IP-less bridge as a martian source

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Date:	Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:00:43 +0200
From:	Ferenc Wagner <wferi@...f.hu>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: IP-less bridge as a martian source

Ferenc Wagner <wferi@...f.hu> writes:

> I expected an IP-less bridge interface to pick up no IP packets, but
> apparently this isn't the case: broadcast packets with destination
> address 255.255.255.255 are reported as martians by the 2.6.18
> kernel, which I find counterintuitive (I know 2.6.18 is rather old,
> but that's the one supported by Xen).
>
>   1. Is this the expected behaviour?
>
>   2. I tried to cut down the logs by explicit iptables drops, but
>      didn't succeed.  Does martian detection happen before the
>      netfilter rules?  (I know I can disable martian logging by
>      interface, but wanted finer granularity.)
>
> If somebody could also enlighten me on the following [...]

That packet doubling turned out to be a bonding configuration error:
it was in round-robin mode instead of active-backup (part of joys of
ditstro upgrade).  Also I found a way to probe the above question
under 2.6.26, but I'd still be interested in the expected behaviour.
-- 
Thanks,
Feri.
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