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* [net-next PATCH 0/3] Broadcast/Multicast rate limit via Ethtool Coalesce
@ 2014-07-08  8:57 Mugunthan V N
  2014-07-08  8:57 ` [net-next PATCH 1/3] net: ethtool: Add Multicast and broadcast rate limit coalescing feature Mugunthan V N
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From: Mugunthan V N @ 2014-07-08  8:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA
  Cc: davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q, linux-api-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA,
	linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA, Mugunthan V N

A system/cpu can be loaded by a hacker with flooding of broadcast or
multicast packets, to prevent this some Ethernet controllers like CPSW
provide a mechanism to limit the broadcast/multicast packet rate via
hardware limiters. This patch series enables this feature via
Ethtool Coalesce.

Mugunthan V N (3):
  net: ethtool: Add Multicast and broadcast rate limit coalescing
    feature
  drivers: net: cpsw: remove redundancy check
  drivers: net: cpsw: Add support for multicast/boradcast rate limit

 drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c | 83 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h   |  4 ++
 2 files changed, 82 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

-- 
2.0.0.390.gcb682f8

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