From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3] xen-netback: implement dynamic multicast control Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2016 14:02:50 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20160207.140250.262912581711576971.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1454414105-13327-1-git-send-email-paul.durrant@citrix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, ian.campbell@citrix.com, wei.liu2@citrix.com To: paul.durrant@citrix.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:35557 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750749AbcBGTCy (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Feb 2016 14:02:54 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1454414105-13327-1-git-send-email-paul.durrant@citrix.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Paul Durrant Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 11:55:05 +0000 > My recent patch to the Xen Project documents a protocol for 'dynamic > multicast control' in netif.h. This extends the previous multicast control > protocol to not require a shared ring reconnection to turn the feature off. > Instead the backend watches the "request-multicast-control" key in xenstore > and turns the feature off if the key value is written to zero. > > This patch adds support for dynamic multicast control in xen-netback. > > Signed-off-by: Paul Durrant > Cc: Ian Campbell > Cc: Wei Liu Applied, thanks.