netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v5 0/3] bridge: neigh msg proxy and flood suppression support

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Message-ID: <CAJieiUhec_RU3ncjYd-PjUkduvmprwXmj-9S7Uy1LKSD4dzbAg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 6 Oct 2017 19:35:27 -0700
From:   Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:     "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>,
        "stephen@...workplumber.org" <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
        Toshiaki Makita <makita.toshiaki@....ntt.co.jp>,
        bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v5 0/3] bridge: neigh msg proxy and flood
 suppression support

On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 11:34 AM, Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com> wrote:
> From: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
>
> This series implements arp and nd suppression in the bridge
> driver for ethernet vpns. It implements rfc7432, section 10
> https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7432#section-10
> for ethernet VPN deployments. It is similar to the existing
> BR_PROXYARP* flags but has a few semantic differences to conform
> to EVPN standard. Unlike the existing flags, this new flag suppresses
> flood of all neigh discovery packets (arp and nd) to tunnel ports.
> Supports both vlan filtering and non-vlan filtering bridges.
>
> In case of EVPN, it is mainly used to avoid flooding
> of arp and nd packets to tunnel ports like vxlan.
>
> v2 : rebase to latest + address some optimization feedback from Nikolay.
> v3 : fix kbuild reported build errors with CONFIG_INET off
> v4 : simplify port flag mask as suggested by stephen
> v5 : address some feedback from Toshiaki
>

Looks like I missed applying a cleanup done in v5 to the ipv6 nd path.
Dave, I see these patches 'under review' in patchworks. If its not too
late, pls drop them. I will spin v6 in a few hrs. thanks.