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authorEric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>2009-11-17 01:01:34 -0800
committerEric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>2009-11-17 01:01:34 -0800
commitbb9074ff58fe745e4f244f76209241909c82ec9c (patch)
treecf6be00ab88b1e315f6b74a896a370440f677599 /net/bridge
parent4739a9748e1bd7459f22f7e94e7d85710ca83954 (diff)
parent156171c71a0dc4bce12b4408bb1591f8fe32dc1a (diff)
Merge commit 'v2.6.32-rc7'
Resolve the conflict between v2.6.32-rc7 where dn_def_dev_handler gets a small bug fix and the sysctl tree where I am removing all sysctl strategy routines.
Diffstat (limited to 'net/bridge')
-rw-r--r--net/bridge/br_if.c6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_if.c b/net/bridge/br_if.c
index b1b3b0fbf41..4a9f5273265 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_if.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_if.c
@@ -377,12 +377,16 @@ int br_add_if(struct net_bridge *br, struct net_device *dev)
struct net_bridge_port *p;
int err = 0;
- if (dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK || dev->type != ARPHRD_ETHER)
+ /* Don't allow bridging non-ethernet like devices */
+ if ((dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK) ||
+ dev->type != ARPHRD_ETHER || dev->addr_len != ETH_ALEN)
return -EINVAL;
+ /* No bridging of bridges */
if (dev->netdev_ops->ndo_start_xmit == br_dev_xmit)
return -ELOOP;
+ /* Device is already being bridged */
if (dev->br_port != NULL)
return -EBUSY;