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Message-Id: <20190122.171832.1199555290239452595.davem@davemloft.net> Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:18:32 -0800 (PST) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: linus.luessing@...3.blue Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, roopa@...ulusnetworks.com, nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/4] bridge: implement Multicast Router Discovery (RFC4286) From: Linus Lüssing <linus.luessing@...3.blue> Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 07:26:24 +0100 > This patchset adds initial Multicast Router Discovery support to > the Linux bridge (RFC4286). With MRD it is possible to detect multicast > routers and mark bridge ports and forward multicast packets to such routers > accordingly. > > So far, multicast routers are detected via IGMP/MLD queries and PIM > messages in the Linux bridge. As there is only one active, selected > querier at a time RFC4541 ("Considerations for Internet Group Management > Protocol (IGMP) and Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) Snooping > Switches") section 2.1.1.a) recommends snooping Multicast Router > Advertisements as provided by MRD (RFC4286). > > > The first two patches are refactoring some existing code which is reused > for parsing the Multicast Router Advertisements later in the fourth > patch. The third patch lets the bridge join the all-snoopers multicast > address to be able to reliably receive the Multicast Router > Advertisements. ... Series applied, thanks!
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