linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] IGMP: Inhibit reports for local multicast groups

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Date:	Mon, 31 Aug 2015 12:30:52 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	pdowney@...cade.com
Cc:	cwang@...pensource.com, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, jmorris@...ei.org,
	yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, kaber@...sh.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] IGMP: Inhibit reports for local multicast groups -
 DOCUMENT

From: Philip Downey <pdowney@...cade.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2015 11:30:38 +0100

> Document the addition of a new sysctl variable which controls the
> generation of IGMP reports for link local multicast groups in the
> 224.0.0.X range.
> 
> IGMP reports for local multicast groups can now be optionally
> inhibited by setting the value to zero e.g.:
> echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/igmp_link_local_mcast_reports
> 
> To retain backwards compatibility the previous behaviour is retained
> by default on system boot or reverted by setting the value back to
> non-zero.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Philip Downey <pdowney@...cade.com>

Applied, thanks.
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