macvlan/macvtap: Fix unicast between macvtap interfaces in bridge mode
authorDavid Ward <david.ward@ll.mit.edu>
Sun, 18 Sep 2011 12:53:20 +0000 (12:53 +0000)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:36:26 +0000 (09:36 -0800)
[ Upstream commit cb2d0f3e968bff7c6d262aca3e3ab8d4184e69b2 ]

Packets should always be forwarded to the lowerdev using dev_forward_skb.
vlan->forward is for packets being forwarded directly to another macvlan/
macvtap device (used for multicast in bridge mode).

Reported-and-tested-by: Shlomo Pongratz <shlomop@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: David Ward <david.ward@ll.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
drivers/net/macvlan.c

index 2f3c48da5865677fb43c0b26e885c445e2091a30..ab4723d92a64b0ea08de031812205d56a12d83b2 100644 (file)
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ static int macvlan_queue_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
                dest = macvlan_hash_lookup(port, eth->h_dest);
                if (dest && dest->mode == MACVLAN_MODE_BRIDGE) {
                        /* send to lowerdev first for its network taps */
-                       vlan->forward(vlan->lowerdev, skb);
+                       dev_forward_skb(vlan->lowerdev, skb);
 
                        return NET_XMIT_SUCCESS;
                }