}
}
- /* don't change skb->dev for link-local packets */
- if (is_link_local_ether_addr(eth_hdr(skb)->h_dest))
+ /* 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.
+ */
+ 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;
+ netif_rx(nskb);
+ }
return RX_HANDLER_PASS;
+ }
if (bond_should_deliver_exact_match(skb, slave, bond))
return RX_HANDLER_EXACT;