Merge 3.10-rc3 into char-misc-next

We want the changes in here.

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c b/net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c
index 8e15d966d9b0..239992021b1d 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c
@@ -837,6 +837,19 @@ bool batadv_dat_snoop_outgoing_arp_request(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 
         dat_entry = batadv_dat_entry_hash_find(bat_priv, ip_dst);
         if (dat_entry) {
+                /* If the ARP request is destined for a local client the local
+                 * client will answer itself. DAT would only generate a
+                 * duplicate packet.
+                 *
+                 * Moreover, if the soft-interface is enslaved into a bridge, an
+                 * additional DAT answer may trigger kernel warnings about
+                 * a packet coming from the wrong port.
+                 */
+                if (batadv_is_my_client(bat_priv, dat_entry->mac_addr)) {
+                        ret = true;
+                        goto out;
+                }
+
                 skb_new = arp_create(ARPOP_REPLY, ETH_P_ARP, ip_src,
                                      bat_priv->soft_iface, ip_dst, hw_src,
                                      dat_entry->mac_addr, hw_src);