Re: [PATCH] igmp: Make igmp group member RFC 3376 compliant

[David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>]

From: Hangbin Liu <haliu@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2016 14:20:45 +0800

> Hi David,
> 
> On Tue, Nov 08, 2016 at 10:26:25AM +0100, Michal Tesar wrote:
>> On Mon, Nov 07, 2016 at 08:13:45PM -0500, David Miller wrote:
>> 
>> > From: Michal Tesar <mtesar@redhat.com>
>> > Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2016 10:38:34 +0100
>> > 
>> > >  2. If the received Query is a General Query, the interface timer is
>> > >     used to schedule a response to the General Query after the
>> > >     selected delay.  Any previously pending response to a General
>> > >     Query is canceled.
>> > > --8<--
>> > > 
>> > > Currently the timer is rearmed with new random expiration time for
>> > > every incoming query regardless of possibly already pending report.
>> > > Which is not aligned with the above RFE.
>> > 
>> > I don't read it that way.  #2 says if this is a general query then any
>> > pending response to a general query is cancelled.  And that's
>> > effectively what the code is doing right now.
>> 
>> Hi David,
>> I think that it is important to notice that the RFC says also 
>> that only the first matching rule is applied.
>> 
>> "
>> When new Query with the Router-Alert option arrives on an
>> interface, provided the system has state to report, a delay for a
>> response is randomly selected in the range (0, [Max Resp Time]) where
>> Max Resp Time is derived from Max Resp Code in the received Query
>> message.  The following rules are then used to determine if a Report
>> needs to be scheduled and the type of Report to schedule.  The rules
>> are considered in order and only the first matching rule is applied.
> 
>  ^^
> 
> Would you like to reconsider about this? I also agree with Michal that we
> need to choose the sooner timer. Or if we receive query very quickly, we
> will keep refresh the timer and may never reply the report.

I'm still thinking about this, please be patient, I review a hundred
patches or more per day so it takes me time to get to tasks that
require deep thinking or real consideration on any level.