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arp: allow arp processing to honor per interface arp_accept sysctl 

I found recently that the arp_process function which handles all of our received
arp frames, is using IPV4_DEVCONF_ALL macro to check the state of the arp_process
flag.  This seems wrong, as it implies that either none or all of the network
interfaces accept gratuitous arps.  This patch corrects that, allowing
per-interface arp_accept configuration to deviate from the all setting.  Note
this also brings us into line with the way the arp_filter setting is handled
during arp_process execution.

Tested this myself on my home network, and confirmed it works as expected.

Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
CC: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Neil Horman 2012-03-15 05:25:58 +00:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent 1aa9bc5b2f
commit 124d37e9f0
2 changed files with 2 additions and 1 deletions
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include/linux/inetdevice.h
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@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ static inline void ipv4_devconf_setall(struct in_device *in_dev)
IN_DEV_ORCONF((in_dev), ACCEPT_REDIRECTS)))
#define IN_DEV_ARPFILTER(in_dev) IN_DEV_ORCONF((in_dev), ARPFILTER)
#define IN_DEV_ARP_ACCEPT(in_dev) IN_DEV_ORCONF((in_dev), ARP_ACCEPT)
#define IN_DEV_ARP_ANNOUNCE(in_dev) IN_DEV_MAXCONF((in_dev), ARP_ANNOUNCE)
#define IN_DEV_ARP_IGNORE(in_dev) IN_DEV_MAXCONF((in_dev), ARP_IGNORE)
#define IN_DEV_ARP_NOTIFY(in_dev) IN_DEV_MAXCONF((in_dev), ARP_NOTIFY)

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net/ipv4/arp.c
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@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ static int arp_process(struct sk_buff *skb)
n = __neigh_lookup(&arp_tbl, &sip, dev, 0);
if (IPV4_DEVCONF_ALL(dev_net(dev), ARP_ACCEPT)) {
if (IN_DEV_ARP_ACCEPT(in_dev)) {
/* Unsolicited ARP is not accepted by default.
It is possible, that this option should be enabled for some
devices (strip is candidate)