netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v6 0/3] bridge: neigh msg proxy and flood suppression support

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Date:   Sun, 08 Oct 2017 21:12:18 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     roopa@...ulusnetworks.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com,
        stephen@...workplumber.org, makita.toshiaki@....ntt.co.jp,
        bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v6 0/3] bridge: neigh msg proxy and flood
 suppression support

From: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
Date: Fri,  6 Oct 2017 22:12:36 -0700

> From: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
> 
> This series implements arp and nd suppression in the bridge
> driver for ethernet vpns. It implements rfc7432, section 10
> https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7432#section-10
> for ethernet VPN deployments. It is similar to the existing
> BR_PROXYARP* flags but has a few semantic differences to conform
> to EVPN standard. Unlike the existing flags, this new flag suppresses
> flood of all neigh discovery packets (arp and nd) to tunnel ports.
> Supports both vlan filtering and non-vlan filtering bridges.
> 
> In case of EVPN, it is mainly used to avoid flooding
> of arp and nd packets to tunnel ports like vxlan.
> 
> v2 : rebase to latest + address some optimization feedback from Nikolay.
> v3 : fix kbuild reported build errors with CONFIG_INET off
> v4 : simplify port flag mask as suggested by stephen
> v5 : address some feedback from Toshiaki
> v6 : some v5 cleanups in nd suppress (keep it consistent with arp suppress)

Series applied, thank you.