netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3] xen-netback: implement dynamic multicast control

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Date:	Sun, 07 Feb 2016 14:02:50 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	paul.durrant@...rix.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org,
	ian.campbell@...rix.com, wei.liu2@...rix.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3] xen-netback: implement dynamic multicast
 control

From: Paul Durrant <paul.durrant@...rix.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 11:55:05 +0000

> My recent patch to the Xen Project documents a protocol for 'dynamic
> multicast control' in netif.h. This extends the previous multicast control
> protocol to not require a shared ring reconnection to turn the feature off.
> Instead the backend watches the "request-multicast-control" key in xenstore
> and turns the feature off if the key value is written to zero.
> 
> This patch adds support for dynamic multicast control in xen-netback.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Durrant <paul.durrant@...rix.com>
> Cc: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com>
> Cc: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>

Applied, thanks.