From: Jon Maloy <jon.ma...@ericsson.com> Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2017 17:55:56 +0200
> On L2 bearers, the TIPC broadcast function is sending out packets using > the corresponding L2 broadcast address. At reception, we filter such > packets under the assumption that they will also be delivered as > broadcast packets. > > This assumption doesn't always hold true. Under high load, we have seen > that a switch may convert the destination address and deliver the packet > as a PACKET_MULTICAST, something leading to inadvertently dropped > packets and a stale and reset broadcast link. > > We fix this by extending the reception filtering to accept packets of > type PACKET_MULTICAST. > > Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy <jon.ma...@ericsson.com> Applied, thanks Jon.
