netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v5] bridge: export multicast database via netlink

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Date:	Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:48:56 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	Cong Wang <amwang@...hat.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.hengli.com.au>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>,
	Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v5] bridge: export multicast database via
 netlink

On Fri,  7 Dec 2012 18:04:48 +0800
Cong Wang <amwang@...hat.com> wrote:

> From: Cong Wang <amwang@...hat.com>
> 
> V5: fix two bugs pointed out by Thomas
>     remove seq check for now, mark it as TODO
> 
> V4: remove some useless #include
>     some coding style fix
> 
> V3: drop debugging printk's
>     update selinux perm table as well
> 
> V2: drop patch 1/2, export ifindex directly
>     Redesign netlink attributes
>     Improve netlink seq check
>     Handle IPv6 addr as well
> 
> This patch exports bridge multicast database via netlink
> message type RTM_GETMDB. Similar to fdb, but currently bridge-specific.
> We may need to support modify multicast database too (RTM_{ADD,DEL}MDB).
> 
> (Thanks to Thomas for patient reviews)
> 
> Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
> Cc: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
> Cc: Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>
> Cc: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <amwang@...hat.com>
>     

Applied, but required some manual fixing. It required adding if_bridge.h
to include/linux in iproute2 exported headers. Also patch still had some fuzz
against current version.

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