The functionality for notification was added with 3.0. kernel but bridge would always send new neighbour message with state == 0. The problem is that the notify needs to be done after the flags on ther forwarding engry are set. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger --- --- a/net/bridge/br_fdb.c 2011-08-26 09:41:25.966304883 -0700 +++ b/net/bridge/br_fdb.c 2011-09-01 17:21:43.755481630 -0700 @@ -347,7 +347,6 @@ static struct net_bridge_fdb_entry *fdb_ fdb->is_static = 0; fdb->updated = fdb->used = jiffies; hlist_add_head_rcu(&fdb->hlist, head); - fdb_notify(fdb, RTM_NEWNEIGH); } return fdb; } @@ -379,6 +378,7 @@ static int fdb_insert(struct net_bridge return -ENOMEM; fdb->is_local = fdb->is_static = 1; + fdb_notify(fdb, RTM_NEWNEIGH); return 0; } @@ -424,8 +424,11 @@ void br_fdb_update(struct net_bridge *br } } else { spin_lock(&br->hash_lock); - if (likely(!fdb_find(head, addr))) - fdb_create(head, source, addr); + if (!fdb_find(head, addr)) { + fdb = fdb_create(head, source, addr); + if (fdb) + fdb_notify(fdb, RTM_NEWNEIGH); + } /* else we lose race and someone else inserts * it first, don't bother updating @@ -576,6 +579,8 @@ static int fdb_add_entry(struct net_brid fdb->is_local = fdb->is_static = 1; else if (state & NUD_NOARP) fdb->is_static = 1; + + fdb_notify(fdb, RTM_NEWNEIGH); return 0; } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html