Re: [Bridge] [PATCH net-next 0/3] bridge: neigh msg proxy and flood suppression support

2017-10-02 Thread Stephen Hemminger 
On Mon, 2 Oct 2017 07:49:09 -0700
Roopa Prabhu  wrote:

> 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

2017-10-02 Thread Roopa Prabhu 
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.