netdev - RE: [PATCH 2/2] macvlan: Move broadcasts into a work queue

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Message-ID: <063D6719AE5E284EB5DD2968C1650D6D0F6F5DE1@AcuExch.aculab.com>
Date:	Fri, 11 Apr 2014 08:45:32 +0000
From:	David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:	'Herbert Xu' <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"greearb@...delatech.com" <greearb@...delatech.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 2/2] macvlan: Move broadcasts into a work queue

> > ARP filter would require to inspect the queried IPv4 address, and
> > macvlan do not currently have a list of IPv4 addresses per port.
> 
> Indeed.  Thanks for snapping us out of our collective daydream :)

You could save the info from ARP responses.

Whether you want that much layer-breaking is another matter.
By the sound of it, it might be worth doing the deep packet
inspection at startup.

	David



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