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* [PATCH net-next v2 0/3] bridge: neigh msg proxy and flood suppression support
@ 2017-10-03 18:21 Roopa Prabhu
  2017-10-03 18:21 ` [PATCH net-next v2 1/3] bridge: add new BR_NEIGH_SUPPRESS port flag to suppress arp and nd flood Roopa Prabhu
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From: Roopa Prabhu @ 2017-10-03 18:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: davem; +Cc: netdev, nikolay, stephen, bridge

From: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@cumulusnetworks.com>

This series implements arp and nd suppression in the bridge
driver for ethernet vpns. It implements rfc7432, section 10
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7432#section-10
for ethernet VPN deployments. It is similar to the existing
BR_ARP_PROXY flag but has a few semantic differences to conform
to EVPN standard. In case of EVPN, it is mainly used to avoid flooding to
tunnel ports like vxlan. Unlike the existing flags it suppresses flood
of all neigh discovery packets (arp, nd) to tunnel ports.

v2 : rebase to latest + address some optimization feedback from Nikolay.

Roopa Prabhu (3):
  bridge: add new BR_NEIGH_SUPPRESS port flag to suppress arp and nd
    flood
  neigh arp suppress first
  bridge: suppress nd messages from going to BR_NEIGH_SUPPRESS ports

 include/linux/if_bridge.h    |   1 +
 include/uapi/linux/if_link.h |   1 +
 net/bridge/Makefile          |   2 +-
 net/bridge/br_arp_nd_proxy.c | 492 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 net/bridge/br_device.c       |  18 ++
 net/bridge/br_forward.c      |   3 +-
 net/bridge/br_if.c           |   5 +
 net/bridge/br_input.c        |  73 ++-----
 net/bridge/br_netlink.c      |  16 +-
 net/bridge/br_private.h      |   9 +
 net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c     |   2 +
 11 files changed, 561 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 net/bridge/br_arp_nd_proxy.c

-- 
2.1.4

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2017-10-03 18:29   ` Stephen Hemminger
2017-10-04  4:47     ` Roopa Prabhu
2017-10-03 18:21 ` [PATCH net-next v2 2/3] bridge: suppress arp pkts on BR_NEIGH_SUPPRESS ports Roopa Prabhu
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