Merge branch 'bridge-prevent-unicast-arp-ns-packets-from-being-suppressed-by-bridge'
Amit Cohen says: ==================== bridge: Prevent unicast ARP/NS packets from being suppressed by bridge Currently, unicast ARP requests/NS packets are replied by bridge when suppression is enabled, then they are also forwarded, which results two replicas of ARP reply/NA - one from the bridge and second from the target. The purpose of ARP/ND suppression is to reduce flooding in the broadcast domain, which is not relevant for unicast packets. In addition, the use case of unicast ARP/NS is to poll a specific host, so it does not make sense to have the switch answer on behalf of the host. Forward ARP requests/NS packets and prevent the bridge from replying to them. Patch set overview: Patch #1 prevents unicast ARP/NS packets from being suppressed by bridge Patch #2 adds test cases for unicast ARP/NS with suppression enabled ==================== Link: https://patch.msgid.link/cover.1744123493.git.petrm@nvidia.com Signed-off-by:Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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