netdev - Re: [PATCH V2 09/12] net/eipoib: Add main driver functionality

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Date:	Sun, 12 Aug 2012 16:55:44 +0300
From:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:	Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>
Cc:	Or Gerlitz <or.gerlitz@...il.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
	roland@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, ali@...lanox.com,
	sean.hefty@...el.com, Erez Shitrit <erezsh@...lanox.co.il>,
	Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 09/12] net/eipoib: Add main driver functionality

On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 04:15:52PM +0300, Or Gerlitz wrote:
> On 12/08/2012 13:22, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> >>>>>- IGMP/MAC snooping in a driver is just too hairy.
> >>
> >>>mmm, any rough idea/direction how to do that otherwise?
> >Sure, even two ways, ideally you'd do both:)
> >A. fix macvtap
> >1. Use netdev_for_each_mc_addr etc to get multicast addresses
> >2. teach macvtap to fill that in (it currently floods multicasts
> >    for guest to guest communication so we ned to fix it anyway)
> >
> >B. fix bridge
> >    teach bridge to work for VMs without using promisc mode
> 
> I wasn't sure to fully follow... need some more bits of info, the
> macvtap fix
> relates only to IGMP snooping, correct? as for the bridge fix, does
> this somehow
> relates to ARP snooping we do in the driver? how?
> 
> Or.

I didn't realize you do ARP snooping. Why?

I know you mangle outgoing ARP packets, this will go
away if you maintain a mapping in SM accessible to all guests.

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MST
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