netdev - [PATCH] bridge: Forward reserved group addresses if !STP

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Message-Id: <1287454175-22903-1-git-send-email-benjamin.poirier@polymtl.ca>
Date:	Mon, 18 Oct 2010 22:09:35 -0400
From:	Benjamin Poirier <benjamin.poirier@...ymtl.ca>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.hengli.com.au>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>,
	bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] bridge: Forward reserved group addresses if !STP

Make all frames sent to reserved group MAC addresses (01:80:c2:00:00:00 to
01:80:c2:00:00:0f) be forwarded if STP is disabled. This enables
forwarding EAPOL frames, among other things.

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Poirier <benjamin.poirier@...ymtl.ca>
---
 net/bridge/br_input.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/bridge/br_input.c b/net/bridge/br_input.c
index 826cd52..436488c 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_input.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_input.c
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ struct sk_buff *br_handle_frame(struct sk_buff *skb)
 			goto drop;
 
 		/* If STP is turned off, then forward */
-		if (p->br->stp_enabled == BR_NO_STP && dest[5] == 0)
+		if (p->br->stp_enabled == BR_NO_STP)
 			goto forward;
 
 		if (NF_HOOK(NFPROTO_BRIDGE, NF_BR_LOCAL_IN, skb, skb->dev,
-- 
1.7.1

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