While in the STP learning state, don't route packets; wait until
forwarding delay has expired. The purpose of the forwarding delay
is to detect loops in the network, and if a brouter started up
and started forwarding, it could cause a flood.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

---
 net/bridge/br_input.c |   17 ++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

--- netem.orig/net/bridge/br_input.c
+++ netem/net/bridge/br_input.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ struct sk_buff *br_handle_frame(struct n
        const unsigned char *dest = eth_hdr(skb)->h_dest;
 
        if (!is_valid_ether_addr(eth_hdr(skb)->h_source))
-               goto err;
+               goto drop;
 
        if (unlikely(is_link_local(dest))) {
                skb->pkt_type = PACKET_HOST;
@@ -138,22 +138,25 @@ struct sk_buff *br_handle_frame(struct n
                                NULL, br_handle_local_finish) == 0) ? skb : 
NULL;
        }
 
-       if (p->state == BR_STATE_FORWARDING || p->state == BR_STATE_LEARNING) {
+       switch (p->state) {
+       case BR_STATE_FORWARDING:
+
                if (br_should_route_hook) {
                        if (br_should_route_hook(&skb))
                                return skb;
                        dest = eth_hdr(skb)->h_dest;
                }
-
+               /* fall through */
+       case BR_STATE_LEARNING:
                if (!compare_ether_addr(p->br->dev->dev_addr, dest))
                        skb->pkt_type = PACKET_HOST;
 
                NF_HOOK(PF_BRIDGE, NF_BR_PRE_ROUTING, skb, skb->dev, NULL,
                        br_handle_frame_finish);
-               return NULL;
+               break;
+       default:
+drop:
+               kfree_skb(skb);
        }
-
-err:
-       kfree_skb(skb);
        return NULL;
 }
-
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