From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mugunthan V N Subject: [net-next PATCH v2 0/3] Broadcast/Multicast rate limit via Ethtool Coalesce Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2014 12:44:07 +0530 Message-ID: <1404890050-4020-1-git-send-email-mugunthanvnm@ti.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Sender: linux-api-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org Cc: davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org, linux-api-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, Mugunthan V N List-Id: linux-api@vger.kernel.org A system/cpu can be loaded by a hacker with flooding of broadcast or multicast packets, to prevent this some Ethernet controllers like CPSW provide a mechanism to limit the broadcast/multicast packet rate via hardware limiters. This patch series enables this feature via Ethtool Coalesce. Mugunthan V N (3): net: ethtool: Add Multicast and broadcast rate limit coalescing feature drivers: net: cpsw: remove redundancy check drivers: net: cpsw: Add support for multicast/broadcast rate limit drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c | 83 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h | 4 ++ 2 files changed, 82 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) -- 2.0.0.390.gcb682f8