[PATCH] hsr: prp: honor master promisc mode for local delivery with macvlan

From: Aravind Krishna

Date: Wed Jul 22 2026 - 00:18:02 EST


When running MACVLAN over PRP, packets can be expected to be delivered
to the local stack when the PRP/HSR master is in promiscuous mode.

Update local destination handling in check_local_dest() so that if the
master device exists and has IFF_PROMISC set, the packet is marked
PACKET_HOST and treated as local destination.

This enables expected receive behavior for MACVLAN over PRP setups.

Signed-off-by: Aravind-kris <aravindkrishhna@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/hsr/hsr_forward.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/hsr/hsr_forward.c b/net/hsr/hsr_forward.c
index 0774981a65c1..38ed6b09fc4a 100644
--- a/net/hsr/hsr_forward.c
+++ b/net/hsr/hsr_forward.c
@@ -589,6 +589,8 @@ static void hsr_forward_do(struct hsr_frame_info *frame)
static void check_local_dest(struct hsr_priv *hsr, struct sk_buff *skb,
struct hsr_frame_info *frame)
{
+ struct hsr_port *master;
+
if (hsr_addr_is_self(hsr, eth_hdr(skb)->h_dest)) {
frame->is_local_exclusive = true;
skb->pkt_type = PACKET_HOST;
@@ -600,8 +602,24 @@ static void check_local_dest(struct hsr_priv *hsr, struct sk_buff *skb,
skb->pkt_type == PACKET_MULTICAST ||
skb->pkt_type == PACKET_BROADCAST) {
frame->is_local_dest = true;
- } else {
- frame->is_local_dest = false;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ master = hsr_port_get_hsr(hsr, HSR_PT_MASTER);
+
+ if (!master || !master->dev)
+ {
+ frame->is_local_dest = false;
+ }
+ else if (master->dev->flags & IFF_PROMISC)
+ {
+ skb->pkt_type = PACKET_HOST;
+ frame->is_local_dest = true;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ frame->is_local_dest = false;
+ }
}
}

--
2.34.1