netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] bridge: Prevent unicast ARP/NS packets from being suppressed by bridge

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Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2025 02:30:33 +0000
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To: Petr Machata <petrm@...dia.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] bridge: Prevent unicast ARP/NS packets from
 being suppressed by bridge

Hello:

This series was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Tue, 8 Apr 2025 17:40:22 +0200 you wrote:
> From: Amit Cohen <amcohen@...dia.com>
> 
> Currently, unicast ARP requests/NS packets are replied by bridge when
> suppression is enabled, then they are also forwarded, which results two
> replicas of ARP reply/NA - one from the bridge and second from the target.
> 
> The purpose of ARP/ND suppression is to reduce flooding in the broadcast
> domain, which is not relevant for unicast packets. In addition, the use
> case of unicast ARP/NS is to poll a specific host, so it does not make
> sense to have the switch answer on behalf of the host.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next,1/2] net: bridge: Prevent unicast ARP/NS packets from being suppressed by bridge
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/827b2ac8e796
  - [net-next,2/2] selftests: test_bridge_neigh_suppress: Test unicast ARP/NS with suppression
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/0ffb594212a0

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