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Diffstat (limited to 'src/vnet/ethernet')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/vnet/ethernet/arp.c | 20 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/vnet/ethernet/arp.c b/src/vnet/ethernet/arp.c index c22be3fc809..c84ff47bc00 100644 --- a/src/vnet/ethernet/arp.c +++ b/src/vnet/ethernet/arp.c @@ -1004,7 +1004,17 @@ arp_input (vlib_main_t * vm, vlib_node_runtime_t * node, vlib_frame_t * frame) if (FIB_ENTRY_FLAG_LOCAL & src_flags) { error0 = ETHERNET_ARP_ERROR_l3_src_address_is_local; - goto drop2; + /* + * When VPP has an interface whose address is also + * applied to a TAP interface on the host, then VPP's + * TAP interface will be unnumbered to the 'real' + * interface and do proxy ARP from the host. + * The curious aspect of this setup is that ARP requests + * from the host will come from the VPP's own address. + * So don't drop immediately here, instead go see if this + * is a proxy ARP case. + */ + goto drop1; } /* A Source must also be local to subnet of matching * interface address. */ @@ -1151,9 +1161,11 @@ arp_input (vlib_main_t * vm, vlib_node_runtime_t * node, vlib_frame_t * frame) } } - /* We are going to reply to this request, so learn the sender */ - error0 = arp_learn (vnm, am, sw_if_index0, - &arp0->ip4_over_ethernet[1]); + /* We are going to reply to this request, so, in the absence of + errors, learn the sender */ + if (!error0) + error0 = arp_learn (vnm, am, sw_if_index0, + &arp0->ip4_over_ethernet[1]); vlib_validate_buffer_enqueue_x1 (vm, node, next_index, to_next, n_left_to_next, pi0, next0); |