linux/net/bridge
Florian Fainelli 8db0a2ee2c net: bridge: reject DSA-enabled master netdevices as bridge members
DSA-enabled master network devices with a switch tagging protocol should
strip the protocol specific format before handing the frame over to
higher layer.

When adding such a DSA master network device as a bridge member, we go
through the following code path when receiving a frame:

__netif_receive_skb_core
	-> first ptype check against ptype_all is not returning any
	   handler for this skb

	-> check and invoke rx_handler:
		-> deliver frame to the bridge layer: br_handle_frame

DSA registers a ptype handler with the fake ETH_XDSA ethertype, which is
called *after* the bridge-layer rx_handler has run. br_handle_frame()
tries to parse the frame it received from the DSA master network device,
and will not be able to match any of its conditions and jumps straight
at the end of the end of br_handle_frame() and returns
RX_HANDLER_CONSUMED there.

Since we returned RX_HANDLER_CONSUMED, __netif_receive_skb_core() stops
RX processing for this frame and returns NET_RX_SUCCESS, so we never get
a chance to call our switch tag packet processing logic and deliver
frames to the DSA slave network devices, and so we do not get any
functional bridge members at all.

Instead of cluttering the bridge receive path with DSA-specific checks,
and rely on assumptions about how __netif_receive_skb_core() is
processing frames, we simply deny adding the DSA master network device
(conduit interface) as a bridge member, leaving only the slave DSA
network devices to be bridge members, since those will work correctly in
all circumstances.

Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2015-01-19 15:45:10 -05:00
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netfilter net: rename vlan_tx_* helpers since "tx" is misleading there 2015-01-13 17:51:08 -05:00
br_device.c bridge: Add filtering support for default_pvid 2014-10-05 21:21:37 -04:00
br_fdb.c netlink: make nlmsg_end() and genlmsg_end() void 2015-01-18 01:03:45 -05:00
br_forward.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2014-11-01 14:53:27 -04:00
br_if.c net: bridge: reject DSA-enabled master netdevices as bridge members 2015-01-19 15:45:10 -05:00
br_input.c bridge: only provide proxy ARP when CONFIG_INET is enabled 2015-01-14 15:08:02 -05:00
br_ioctl.c bridge: add space before '(/{', after ',', etc. 2013-12-19 19:27:26 -05:00
br_mdb.c netlink: make nlmsg_end() and genlmsg_end() void 2015-01-18 01:03:45 -05:00
br_multicast.c bridge: fix netfilter/NF_BR_LOCAL_OUT for own, locally generated queries 2014-11-17 12:38:02 +01:00
br_netfilter.c net: rename vlan_tx_* helpers since "tx" is misleading there 2015-01-13 17:51:08 -05:00
br_netlink.c netlink: make nlmsg_end() and genlmsg_end() void 2015-01-18 01:03:45 -05:00
br_nf_core.c netfilter: bridge: move br_netfilter out of the core 2014-09-26 18:42:31 +02:00
br_private_stp.h net: 8021q/bluetooth/bridge/can/ceph: Remove extern from function prototypes 2013-10-19 19:12:11 -04:00
br_private.h net: replace br_fdb_external_learn_* calls with switchdev notifier events 2015-01-18 00:23:57 -05:00
br_stp_bpdu.c br: fix use of ->rx_handler_data in code executed on non-rx_handler path 2013-12-06 15:41:40 -05:00
br_stp_if.c net: bridge: add a br_set_state helper function 2014-10-01 22:03:50 -04:00
br_stp_timer.c net: bridge: add a br_set_state helper function 2014-10-01 22:03:50 -04:00
br_stp.c bridge: call netdev_sw_port_stp_update when bridge port STP status changes 2014-12-02 20:01:22 -08:00
br_sysfs_br.c bridge: Add a default_pvid sysfs attribute 2014-10-05 21:21:36 -04:00
br_sysfs_if.c bridge: Add support for IEEE 802.11 Proxy ARP 2014-10-27 19:02:04 -04:00
br_vlan.c net: rename vlan_tx_* helpers since "tx" is misleading there 2015-01-13 17:51:08 -05:00
br.c net: replace br_fdb_external_learn_* calls with switchdev notifier events 2015-01-18 00:23:57 -05:00
Kconfig bridge: Add vlan filtering infrastructure 2013-02-13 19:41:46 -05:00
Makefile netfilter: bridge: build br_nf_core only if required 2014-09-30 14:07:51 -04:00