netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] virtio_net: set multicast filter list to host

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Date:	Tue, 10 Dec 2013 22:28:55 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	stephen@...workplumber.org
Cc:	rusty@...tcorp.com.au, mst@...hat.com,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] virtio_net: set multicast filter list to
 host

From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 16:16:32 -0800

> The virtio_net driver never sends the multicast address list to
> the host. This is because send command takes a pointer to scatter list
> to send but only inserts that one entry into the outgoing scatter list.
> 
> This bug has been there since:
> commit f565a7c259d71cc186753653d978c646d2354b36
> Author: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...com>
> Date:   Wed Feb 4 09:02:45 2009 +0000
> 
>     virtio_net: Add a MAC filter table
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>

This seems to still be under discussion so I'll hold off on this
one for now.

Thanks.
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