netdev - Re: [PATCH] ehea: Fix multicast registration on semi-promiscuous mode

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Date:	Mon, 23 May 2011 16:34:23 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	leitao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ehea: Fix multicast registration on semi-promiscuous
 mode

From: leitao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 10:36:35 -0300

> Ehea will not register multicast groups in phyp if the physical
> interface is in promiscuous mode. But it should register if the
> logical port is in promiscuous mode, but the physical port is not.
> 
> Ehea physical promiscuous mode is defined by ehea_port->promisc,
> while logical port is defined by IFF_PROMISC.
> 
> So currently, if the user set the interface in promiscuous mode,
> IGMP will not be registred in PHYP, and PHYP will never pass
> the multicast packet to the logical port, which is bad
> 
> So, this patch just fixes it, assuring that we register in phyp
> if the physical port is not on promiscuous mode.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

Applied, thanks.
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