netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: bridge: convert MLDv2 Query MRC into msecs_to_jiffies for max

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Date:	Fri, 30 Aug 2013 17:57:14 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dborkman@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linus.luessing@....de,
	hannes@...essinduktion.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: bridge: convert MLDv2 Query MRC into
 msecs_to_jiffies for max_delay

From: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 23:55:05 +0200

> While looking into MLDv1/v2 code, I noticed that bridging code does
> not convert it's max delay into jiffies for MLDv2 messages as we do
> in core IPv6' multicast code.
> 
> RFC3810, 5.1.3. Maximum Response Code says:
> 
>   The Maximum Response Code field specifies the maximum time allowed
>   before sending a responding Report. The actual time allowed, called
>   the Maximum Response Delay, is represented in units of milliseconds,
>   and is derived from the Maximum Response Code as follows: [...]
> 
> As we update timers that work with jiffies, we need to convert it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.
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