netdev - Re: Is it valid to add a macvlan virtual interface to a bridge? If so, there seems to be a bug with it.

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Message-Id: <E1LD9nz-0007sR-OP@gondolin.me.apana.org.au>
Date:	Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:44:07 +1100
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	kaber@...sh.net (Patrick McHardy)
Cc:	ipng@...06e6720323030352d30312d31340a.nosense.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Is it valid to add a macvlan virtual interface to a bridge? If so, there seems to be a bug with it.

Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net> wrote:
> 
>> I've had a look at the dev.c file in 2.6.27, and my very naive guess
>> is that as the handle_bridge() call is before the handle_macvlan() call,
>> because the incoming real physical interface is not part of the bridge,
>> the incoming unicast packet is being dropped, before the macvlan code
>> gets a look at it.
> 
> Yes, that seems correct.

Would it be possible to implement promiscuous mode for macvlans by
simply keeping a separate list of macvlan devices in promiscuous
mode and sending all inbound packets to them?

This should make bridging work, right?

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