netdev - Re: Kernel sends multicast groups to sockets that did not subscribe to the MC group

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Date:	Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:25:51 -0400
From:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
To:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Kernel sends multicast groups to sockets that did not
	subscribe to the MC group

On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 05:06:08PM -0400, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> I ran two processes listening to two multicast groups:
> 
> One listening for 239.0.0.51 and the other on 239.0.0.50. Both are
> listening on the same port.
> 
> If I send a multicast message to 239.0.0.50 then both receive it. Why is
> the process listening to 239.0.0.51 receiving the multicast message send
> to 239.0.0.50?
> 
> 
Its correct behavior.  I had the same misunderstanding a few months back, but
Dave stevens set me right:
http://kerneltrap.org/index.php?q=mailarchive/linux-netdev/2008/7/11/2430904

Basically, its handled the exact same way that unicast addresses are handled,
its just a bit counter intuitive since group membership modifications are made
through a particular socket descriptor.  Despite that, multicast groups are
treated as being owned by the system, rather than by a socket.  So if you have a
situation in which you do a group membership add to 239.0.0.50 port 1024 on
socket A, and then do a bind on socket B to INADDR_ANY port 1024, you get those
multicast frames that socket A subscribed to.  Theres a link in the thread above
to a few papers that describe the operation in detail.

Regards
Neil

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