}
}
- /* Link-local multicast packets should be passed to the
- * stack on the link they arrive as well as pass them to the
- * bond-master device. These packets are mostly usable when
- * stack receives it with the link on which they arrive
- * (e.g. LLDP) they also must be available on master. Some of
- * the use cases include (but are not limited to): LLDP agents
- * that must be able to operate both on enslaved interfaces as
- * well as on bonds themselves; linux bridges that must be able
- * to process/pass BPDUs from attached bonds when any kind of
- * STP version is enabled on the network.
+ /*
+ * For packets determined by bond_should_deliver_exact_match() call to
+ * be suppressed we want to make an exception for link-local packets.
+ * This is necessary for e.g. LLDP daemons to be able to monitor
+ * inactive slave links without being forced to bind to them
+ * explicitly.
+ *
+ * At the same time, packets that are passed to the bonding master
+ * (including link-local ones) can have their originating interface
+ * determined via PACKET_ORIGDEV socket option.
*/
- if (is_link_local_ether_addr(eth_hdr(skb)->h_dest)) {
- struct sk_buff *nskb = skb_clone(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
-
- if (nskb) {
- nskb->dev = bond->dev;
- nskb->queue_mapping = 0;
- netif_rx(nskb);
- }
- return RX_HANDLER_PASS;
- }
- if (bond_should_deliver_exact_match(skb, slave, bond))
+ if (bond_should_deliver_exact_match(skb, slave, bond)) {
+ if (is_link_local_ether_addr(eth_hdr(skb)->h_dest))
+ return RX_HANDLER_PASS;
return RX_HANDLER_EXACT;
+ }
skb->dev = bond->dev;