netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] macvlan: add multicast filter

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Message-Id: <20130206.160003.1038576500046419799.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:00:03 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, greearb@...delatech.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] macvlan: add multicast filter

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2013 22:22:50 -0800

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> Setting up IPv6 addresses on configurations with many macvlans
> is not really working, as many multicast messages are dropped.
> 
> Add a multicast filter to macvlan to reduce the amount of cloned
> skbs and overhead.
> 
> Successfully tested with 1024 macvlans on one ethernet device.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Applied.
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