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IGMP snooping: set mrouters_only flag for IPv6 traffic properly

Upon reception of a MGM report packet the kernel sets the mrouters_only flag
in a skb that is a clone of the original skb, which means that the bridge
loses track of MGM packets (cb buffers are tied to a specific skb and not
shared) and it ends up forwading join requests to the bridge interface.

This can cause unexpected membership timeouts and intermitent/permanent loss
of connectivity as described in RFC 4541 [2.1.1. IGMP Forwarding Rules]:

    A snooping switch should forward IGMP Membership Reports only to
    those ports where multicast routers are attached.
    [...]
    Sending membership reports to other hosts can result, for IGMPv1
    and IGMPv2, in unintentionally preventing a host from joining a
    specific multicast group.

Signed-off-by: Fernando Luis Vazquez Cao <fernando@oss.ntt.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@conan.davemloft.net>
Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao 14 years ago
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      net/bridge/br_multicast.c

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net/bridge/br_multicast.c

@@ -1543,7 +1543,7 @@ static int br_multicast_ipv6_rcv(struct net_bridge *br,
 			goto out;
 		}
 		mld = (struct mld_msg *)skb_transport_header(skb2);
-		BR_INPUT_SKB_CB(skb2)->mrouters_only = 1;
+		BR_INPUT_SKB_CB(skb)->mrouters_only = 1;
 		err = br_ip6_multicast_add_group(br, port, &mld->mld_mca);
 		break;
 	    }