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    vlan_dev: VLAN 0 should be treated as "no vlan tag" (802.1p packet) · ad1afb00
    Pedro Garcia authored
    
    
    - Without the 8021q module loaded in the kernel, all 802.1p packets 
    (VLAN 0 but QoS tagging) are silently discarded (as expected, as 
    the protocol is not loaded).
     
    - Without this patch in 8021q module, these packets are forwarded to 
    the module, but they are discarded also if VLAN 0 is not configured,
    which should not be the default behaviour, as VLAN 0 is not really
    a VLANed packet but a 802.1p packet. Defining VLAN 0 makes it almost
    impossible to communicate with mixed 802.1p and non 802.1p devices on
    the same network due to arp table issues.
    
    - Changed logic to skip vlan specific code in vlan_skb_recv if VLAN 
    is 0 and we have not defined a VLAN with ID 0, but we accept the 
    packet with the encapsulated proto and pass it later to netif_rx.
    
    - In the vlan device event handler, added some logic to add VLAN 0 
    to HW filter in devices that support it (this prevented any traffic
    in VLAN 0 to reach the stack in e1000e with HW filter under 2.6.35,
    and probably also with other HW filtered cards, so we fix it here).
    
    - In the vlan unregister logic, prevent the elimination of VLAN 0 
    in devices with HW filter.
    
    - The default behaviour is to ignore the VLAN 0 tagging and accept
    the packet as if it was not tagged, but we can still define a 
    VLAN 0 if desired (so it is backwards compatible).
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPedro Garcia <pedro.netdev@dondevamos.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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