netdev - Re: [PATCH] bridge: Extend Proxy ARP design to allow optional rules for Wi-Fi

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Date:	Thu, 05 Mar 2015 14:52:48 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jouni@...eaurora.org
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bridge: Extend Proxy ARP design to allow optional
 rules for Wi-Fi

From: Jouni Malinen <jouni@...eaurora.org>
Date: Wed,  4 Mar 2015 12:54:21 +0200

> This extends the design in commit 958501163ddd ("bridge: Add support for
> IEEE 802.11 Proxy ARP") with optional set of rules that are needed to
> meet the IEEE 802.11 and Hotspot 2.0 requirements for ProxyARP. The
> previously added BR_PROXYARP behavior is left as-is and a new
> BR_PROXYARP_WIFI alternative is added so that this behavior can be
> configured from user space when required.
> 
> In addition, this enables proxyarp functionality for unicast ARP
> requests for both BR_PROXYARP and BR_PROXYARP_WIFI since it is possible
> to use unicast as well as broadcast for these frames.
> 
> The key differences in functionality:
> 
> BR_PROXYARP:
> - uses the flag on the bridge port on which the request frame was
>   received to determine whether to reply
> - block bridge port flooding completely on ports that enable proxy ARP
> 
> BR_PROXYARP_WIFI:
> - uses the flag on the bridge port to which the target device of the
>   request belongs
> - block bridge port flooding selectively based on whether the proxyarp
>   functionality replied
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni@...eaurora.org>

Applied to net-next, thanks.
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