commit 19e521e49972878b133cb1449a5ac38052d36f3d Author: Patrick McHardy Date: Wed Nov 26 11:48:09 2008 +0100 macvlan: don't broadcast PAUSE frames to macvlan devices PAUSE frames are only relevant for the real device, broadcasting them to all macvlan devices can cause a significant load increase. Reported-by: Ben Greear Tested-by: Ben Greear Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy diff --git a/drivers/net/macvlan.c b/drivers/net/macvlan.c index e887921..7e24b50 100644 --- a/drivers/net/macvlan.c +++ b/drivers/net/macvlan.c @@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ static void macvlan_broadcast(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sk_buff *nskb; unsigned int i; + if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_PAUSE)) + return; + for (i = 0; i < MACVLAN_HASH_SIZE; i++) { hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(vlan, n, &port->vlan_hash[i], hlist) { dev = vlan->dev;