| commit | 124d37e9f088a8f56494b0264d63d22555f53fef | |
| author | Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com> | |
| Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:25:58 +0000 (15 05:25 +0000) | ||
| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | |
| Sat, 17 Mar 2012 06:00:20 +0000 (16 23:00 -0700) | ||
| tree | 372cf065963b109c0df78964ec196488a570eba5 | treesnapshot (tar.gz zip) |
| parent | 1aa9bc5b2f4cf8c48944fb9a607bf1dd674e2c10 | commitdiff |
arp: allow arp processing to honor per interface arp_accept sysctl
I found recently that the arp_process function which handles all of our received
arp frames, is using IPV4_DEVCONF_ALL macro to check the state of the arp_process
flag. This seems wrong, as it implies that either none or all of the network
interfaces accept gratuitous arps. This patch corrects that, allowing
per-interface arp_accept configuration to deviate from the all setting. Note
this also brings us into line with the way the arp_filter setting is handled
during arp_process execution.
Tested this myself on my home network, and confirmed it works as expected.
Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
CC: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
I found recently that the arp_process function which handles all of our received
arp frames, is using IPV4_DEVCONF_ALL macro to check the state of the arp_process
flag. This seems wrong, as it implies that either none or all of the network
interfaces accept gratuitous arps. This patch corrects that, allowing
per-interface arp_accept configuration to deviate from the all setting. Note
this also brings us into line with the way the arp_filter setting is handled
during arp_process execution.
Tested this myself on my home network, and confirmed it works as expected.
Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
CC: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
| include/linux/inetdevice.h | diffblobblamehistory | |
| net/ipv4/arp.c | diffblobblamehistory |