Re: [PATCH net-next v3] net: bridge: locally receive all multicast packets if IFF_ALLMULTI is set

[Nikolay Aleksandrov]

On 4/14/25 13:56, Shengyu Qu wrote:
> If multicast snooping is enabled, multicast packets may not always end up
> on the local bridge interface, if the host is not a member of the multicast
> group. Similar to how IFF_PROMISC allows all packets to be received
> locally, let IFF_ALLMULTI allow all multicast packets to be received.
> 
> OpenWrt uses a user space daemon for DHCPv6/RA/NDP handling, and in relay
> mode it sets the ALLMULTI flag in order to receive all relevant queries on
> the network.
> 
> This works for normal network interfaces and non-snooping bridges, but not
> snooping bridges (unless multicast routing is enabled).
> 
> Reported-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxx>
> Closes:https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues/15857#issuecomment-2662851243
> Signed-off-by: Shengyu Qu <wiagn233@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes since v1:
>  - Move to net-next
>  - Changed code according to Nikolay's advice
> 
> Changes since v2:
>  - Fix alignment
>  - Remove redundant parenthesis
>  - Add more infomation in commit message
> ---
>  net/bridge/br_input.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/bridge/br_input.c b/net/bridge/br_input.c
> index 232133a0fd21..5f6ac9bf1527 100644
> --- a/net/bridge/br_input.c
> +++ b/net/bridge/br_input.c
> @@ -189,7 +189,8 @@ int br_handle_frame_finish(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb
>  		if ((mdst || BR_INPUT_SKB_CB_MROUTERS_ONLY(skb)) &&
>  		    br_multicast_querier_exists(brmctx, eth_hdr(skb), mdst)) {
>  			if ((mdst && mdst->host_joined) ||
> -			    br_multicast_is_router(brmctx, skb)) {
> +			    br_multicast_is_router(brmctx, skb) ||
> +			    br->dev->flags & IFF_ALLMULTI) {
>  				local_rcv = true;
>  				DEV_STATS_INC(br->dev, multicast);
>  			}

Thanks,
Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>