On 2/17/25 13:26, Felix Fietkau wrote:
> If multicast snooping is enabled, multicast packets may not always end up on
> the local bridge interface, if the host is not a member of the multicast
> group. Similar to how IFF_PROMISC allows all packets to be received locally,
> let IFF_ALLMULTI allow all multicast packets to be received.
>
> Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <n...@nbd.name>
> ---
> net/bridge/br_input.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/net/bridge/br_input.c b/net/bridge/br_input.c
> index 232133a0fd21..7fa2da6985b5 100644
> --- a/net/bridge/br_input.c
> +++ b/net/bridge/br_input.c
> @@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ int br_handle_frame_finish(struct net *net, struct sock
> *sk, struct sk_buff *skb
> pkt_type = BR_PKT_MULTICAST;
> if (br_multicast_rcv(&brmctx, &pmctx, vlan, skb, vid))
> goto drop;
> + if (br->dev->flags & IFF_ALLMULTI)
> + local_rcv = true;
> }
> }
>
This doesn't look like a bug fix, IMO it should be for net-next.
Also you might miss a mcast stat increase, see the multicast code
below, the only case that this would cover is the missing "else"
branch of:
if ((mdst && mdst->host_joined) ||
br_multicast_is_router(brmctx, skb)) {
local_rcv = true;
DEV_STATS_INC(br->dev, multicast);
}
So I'd suggest to augment the condition and include this ALLMULTI check there,
maybe with a comment to mention that all other cases are covered by the current
code so people are not surprised.
By the way what is the motivation for supporting this flag? I mean you can
make the bridge mcast router and it will receive all mcast anyway.
Thanks,
Nik
