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Message-Id: <20150812.164519.1783786478654950784.davem@davemloft.net>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 16:45:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To: pdowney@...cade.com
Cc: kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, jmorris@...ei.org, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org,
kaber@...sh.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] IGMP: Inhibit reports for local multicast groups
From: Philip Downey <pdowney@...cade.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 17:13:53 +0100
> IGMP reports are generated for link local multicast groups (224.0.0.1
> - 224.0.0.255) used by the routing protocols such as RIP, OSPF etc.
> In general routers do not generate reports for local multicast groups.
>
> IGMP reports for local multicast groups can now be inhibited by means
> of a system control variable (setting the value to zero).
>
> To retain backwards compatibility the previous behaviour is retained by
> default on system boot.
>
> Signed-off-by: Philip Downey <pdowney@...cade.com>
I'm always hesitent to apply patches like this.
I can't even understand from your explanation:
1) what about local reporting behavior is so bad
2) why you want to inhibit them at all
For example, this:
> In general routers do not generate reports for local multicast groups.
Doesn't tell me anything. You need to go into more detail about
this, and explain the situation sufficiently.
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