Re: [Bridge] [PATCH net-next 0/3] bridge: neigh msg proxy and flood suppression support
On Mon, 2 Oct 2017 07:49:09 -0700 Roopa Prabhuwrote: > On Sun, Oct 1, 2017 at 9:36 PM, Roopa Prabhu > wrote: > > From: Roopa Prabhu > > > > 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_ARP_PROXY flag but has a few semantic differences to conform > > to EVPN standard. In case of EVPN, it is mainly used to avoid flooding to > > tunnel ports like vxlan/mpls. Unlike the existing flags it suppresses flood > > of all neigh discovery packets (arp, nd) to tunnel ports. > > > > Roopa Prabhu (3): > > bridge: add new BR_NEIGH_SUPPRESS port flag to suppress arp and nd > > flood > > neigh arp suppress first > > bridge: suppress nd messages from going to BR_NEIGH_SUPPRESS ports > > > > pls ignore, shows conflict applying over recent net-next bridge > changes. Will rebase and submit v2. Ok, but the concept looks good.
Re: [Bridge] [PATCH net-next 0/3] bridge: neigh msg proxy and flood suppression support
On Sun, Oct 1, 2017 at 9:36 PM, Roopa Prabhuwrote: > From: Roopa Prabhu > > 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_ARP_PROXY flag but has a few semantic differences to conform > to EVPN standard. In case of EVPN, it is mainly used to avoid flooding to > tunnel ports like vxlan/mpls. Unlike the existing flags it suppresses flood > of all neigh discovery packets (arp, nd) to tunnel ports. > > Roopa Prabhu (3): > bridge: add new BR_NEIGH_SUPPRESS port flag to suppress arp and nd > flood > neigh arp suppress first > bridge: suppress nd messages from going to BR_NEIGH_SUPPRESS ports > pls ignore, shows conflict applying over recent net-next bridge changes. Will rebase and submit v2.