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Re: 2.5.68 comments - [udp broadcast reception broken]

To: J Sloan <joe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: 2.5.68 comments - [udp broadcast reception broken]
From: James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 16:58:08 +1000 (EST)
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <dlstevens@xxxxxxx>, <netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Sun, 20 Apr 2003, J Sloan wrote:

> Looks good for the most part, but the rwhod
> problem is still with us. (The system is unable
> to receive udp broadcasts since early in the
> 2.5.67-bk release series)

This is being caused by the call to ip_mc_sf_allow() during packet
delivery, which is not needed for broadcasts.

(Broadcast & multicast packets share the same delivery path here).


- James
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James Morris
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