Patch #1 amends the bridge to redirect to the backup port when the primary port is administratively down and not only when it does not have a carrier. See the commit message for more details. Patch #2 extends the bridge backup port selftest to cover this case. Ido Schimmel (2): bridge: Redirect to backup port when port is administratively down selftests: net: Test bridge backup port when port is administratively down net/bridge/br_forward.c | 3 +- .../selftests/net/test_bridge_backup_port.sh | 31 ++++++++++++++++--- 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) -- 2.50.1