From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: roopa@cumulusnetworks.com
Cc: nikolay@cumulusnetworks.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v5 0/3] bridge: neigh msg proxy and flood suppression support
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2017 06:46:56 +0100 (WEST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171007.064656.350053402823144762.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJieiUhec_RU3ncjYd-PjUkduvmprwXmj-9S7Uy1LKSD4dzbAg@mail.gmail.com>
From: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@cumulusnetworks.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2017 19:35:27 -0700
> On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 11:34 AM, Roopa Prabhu <roopa@cumulusnetworks.com> wrote:
>> 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_PROXYARP* flags but has a few semantic differences to conform
>> to EVPN standard. Unlike the existing flags, this new flag suppresses
>> flood of all neigh discovery packets (arp and nd) to tunnel ports.
>> Supports both vlan filtering and non-vlan filtering bridges.
>>
>> In case of EVPN, it is mainly used to avoid flooding
>> of arp and nd packets to tunnel ports like vxlan.
>>
>> v2 : rebase to latest + address some optimization feedback from Nikolay.
>> v3 : fix kbuild reported build errors with CONFIG_INET off
>> v4 : simplify port flag mask as suggested by stephen
>> v5 : address some feedback from Toshiaki
>>
>
> Looks like I missed applying a cleanup done in v5 to the ipv6 nd path.
> Dave, I see these patches 'under review' in patchworks. If its not too
> late, pls drop them. I will spin v6 in a few hrs. thanks.
Ok.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-10-07 5:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-10-06 18:34 [PATCH net-next v5 0/3] bridge: neigh msg proxy and flood suppression support Roopa Prabhu
2017-10-06 18:34 ` [PATCH net-next v5 1/3] bridge: add new BR_NEIGH_SUPPRESS port flag to suppress arp and nd flood Roopa Prabhu
2017-10-06 18:34 ` [PATCH net-next v5 2/3] bridge: suppress arp pkts on BR_NEIGH_SUPPRESS ports Roopa Prabhu
2017-10-06 18:34 ` [PATCH net-next v5 3/3] bridge: suppress nd " Roopa Prabhu
2017-10-07 2:35 ` [PATCH net-next v5 0/3] bridge: neigh msg proxy and flood suppression support Roopa Prabhu
2017-10-07 5:46 ` David Miller [this message]
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