Re: [PATCH net-next v5 3/5] ipv4: igmp: encode multicast exponential fields

[Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>]

On 01/05/2026 20:31, Ujjal Roy wrote:
> In IGMP, MRC and QQIC fields are not correctly encoded
> when generating query packets. Since the receiver of the
> query interprets these fields using the IGMPv3 floating-
> point decoding logic, any value that exceeds the linear
> threshold is incorrectly parsed as an exponential value,
> leading to an incorrect interval calculation.
> 
> Encode and assign the corresponding protocol fields during
> query generation. Introduce the logic to dynamically
> calculate the exponent and mantissa using bit-scan (fls).
> This ensures MRC and QQIC fields (8-bit) are properly
> encoded when transmitting query packets with intervals
> that exceed their respective linear threshold value of
> 128 (for MRT/QQI).
> 
> RFC3376: for both MRC and QQIC, values >= 128 represent
> the same floating-point encoding as follows:
>       0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
>      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
>      |1| exp | mant  |
>      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
> 
> Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ujjal Roy <royujjal@gmail.com>
> ---
>   include/linux/igmp.h      | 87 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   net/bridge/br_multicast.c | 14 +++----
>   2 files changed, 93 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>