ect: Re: [PATCH] IGMP: Inhibit reports for local multicast groups
>
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 8:46 AM, Philip Downey
> wrote:
> > IGMP reports for local multicast groups can now be optionally
> > inhibited by means of a system control variable (by setting the value
> > to
On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 8:46 AM, Philip Downey wrote:
> IGMP reports for local multicast groups can now be optionally
> inhibited by means of a system control variable (by setting the value
> to zero) e.g.:
> echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/igmp_link_local_mcast_reports
>
> To retain backwards com
From: Philip Downey
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 16:46:26 +0100
> The range of addresses between 224.0.0.0 and 224.0.0.255 inclusive, is
> reserved for the use of routing protocols and other low-level topology
> discovery or maintenance protocols, such as gateway discovery and
> group membership report
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH] IGMP: Inhibit reports for local multicast groups
>
> From: Philip Downey
> Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2015 12:39:17 +0100
>
> > +extern int sysctl_igmp_link_local_reports;
> ...
> > +/* IGMP reports for link-local multicast groups are en
From: Philip Downey
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2015 12:39:17 +0100
> +extern int sysctl_igmp_link_local_reports;
...
> +/* IGMP reports for link-local multicast groups are enabled by default */
> +#define IGMP_ENABLE_LLM 1
> +
> +int sysctl_igmp_link_local_reports __read_mostly = IGMP_ENABLE_LLM;
Downey
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH] IGMP: Inhibit reports for local multicast groups
>
> Hi Philip
>
> So with a bit of
Hi Philip
So with a bit of poking and prodding, we have a much better
understanding as to why this is O.K. Maybe your next patch can quote
the relevant RFCs and have a much fuller commit message?
Thanks
Andrew
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH] IGMP: Inhibit reports for local multicast groups
>
> On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 04:52:32PM +, Philip Downey wrote:
> > Hi Andrew
> > IGMP snooping is designed to prevent hosts on a local network from
>
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH] IGMP: Inhibit reports for local multicast groups
>
> On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 07:01:37PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 07:01:37PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 04:52:32PM +, Philip Downey wrote:
> > Hi Andrew
> > IGMP snooping is designed to prevent hosts on a local network from
> > receiving traffic for a multicast group they have not explicitly joined.
> > Lin
On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 04:52:32PM +, Philip Downey wrote:
> Hi Andrew
> IGMP snooping is designed to prevent hosts on a local network from receiving
> traffic for a multicast group they have not explicitly joined. Link-Local
> multicast traffic should not have an IGMP client since it is re
> To: Philip Downey
> Cc: David Miller; kuz...@ms2.inr.ac.ru; jmor...@namei.org; yoshfuji@linux-
> ipv6.org; ka...@trash.net; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org;
> net...@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] IGMP: Inhibit reports for local multicast groups
>
> On Thu, Aug 13, 2015
On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 02:48:23PM +, Philip Downey wrote:
> Hi David
> Thanks for taking the time to review and comment.
> This is my first upstream request so please forgive any ignorance on my part.
> I have added a new proposed commit wording below with a view to agreeing
> the content
; From: David Miller [mailto:da...@davemloft.net]
> Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2015 12:45 AM
> To: Philip Downey
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH] IGMP
From: Philip Downey
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 17:13:53 +0100
> IGMP reports are generated for link local multicast groups (224.0.0.1
> - 224.0.0.255) used by the routing protocols such as RIP, OSPF etc.
> In general routers do not generate reports for local multicast groups.
>
> IGMP reports for lo
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