netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: do not flood CPU with unknown multicast

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Date:   Sat, 15 Jun 2019 13:25:55 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     vivien.didelot@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, andrew@...n.ch, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        linux@...linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: do not flood CPU with
 unknown multicast

From: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 18:33:44 -0400

> The DSA ports must flood unknown unicast and multicast, but the switch
> must not flood the CPU ports with unknown multicast, as this results
> in a lot of undesirable traffic that the network stack needs to filter
> in software.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>

Applied.