Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 0/5] IGMP snooping for local traffic

[Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>]

On 11/09/2017 11:30 AM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>> This means that switchdev drivers won't ever have to treat a HOST_MDB
>> notification any differently than a PORT_MDB notification
> 
> No, they need to treat it very differently. 

Allow me to rephrase, switchdev drivers will ignore HOST_MDB
notifications because that does not resolve to something they can do
something about.

> 
> A PORT_MDB says that frames for a group should be sent out that port.
> So it probably needs to iterate all the ports in the bridge and add a
> match/action to each port saying frames coming in for that group
> should be sent out the port listed in the PORT_MDB.
> 
> A HOST_MDB say that frames for a group coming in from the port listed
> in the HOST_MDB must be sent to the host. The match/action applies
> directly to the port, other ports are not involved.

Fine, then add a boolean to the PORT_MDB notification that says ingress
or egress and voila, or am I missing something?
-- 
Florian