On 25.06.2015 19:18, Emeric POUPON wrote:
> Ok thanks, I understand this case.
> But the problem is that we perform a lot of unnecessary mforward calls from
> ip_input.
>
> The mrt route cache lookup is performed thanks to the src/dst addresse couple.
> The interface of the cached route does not
prevents "infinite" loops.
Is that really how it is meant to be done?
Emeric
- Mail original -
De: "Andrey V. Elsukov"
À: "Emeric POUPON" , freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Envoyé: Jeudi 25 Juin 2015 07:48:44
Objet: Re: Multicast routing questions
On 24.06.2015 18
On 24.06.2015 18:13, Emeric POUPON wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Actually, I don't really understand why imo.imo_multicast_loop is set
> to 1 in send_packet, ip_mroute.c
>
> It seems we don't need to loop the packet once it is mrouted?
I think this can be used for the case, when on the router some app has
b
Hi,
Actually, I don't really understand why imo.imo_multicast_loop is set to 1 in
send_packet, ip_mroute.c
It seems we don't need to loop the packet once it is mrouted?
If the packet is emitted locally, the imo_multicast_loop set by the socket
option makes the packet loop back if necessary.
Em
