Re: [Bridge] [PATCHv3] bridge: disable snooping if there is no querier

2013-08-06 Thread Paul Bolle
On Wed, 2013-07-31 at 17:40 -0700, David Miller wrote: > > If there is no querier on a link then we won't get periodic reports and > > therefore won't be able to learn about multicast listeners behind ports, > > potentially leading to lost multicast packets, especially for multicast > > listeners t

Re: [Bridge] [PATCHv3] bridge: disable snooping if there is no querier

2013-08-05 Thread Linus Lüssing
Thanks for the very quick reporting! Looks like my gcc was and still isn't as supportive... You and the lists should have received a patch to fix that. Cheers, Linus On Mon, Aug 05, 2013 at 10:41:06AM +0200, Paul Bolle wrote: > On Wed, 2013-07-31 at 17:40 -0700, David Miller wrote: > > > If ther

Re: [Bridge] [PATCHv3] bridge: disable snooping if there is no querier

2013-07-31 Thread David Miller
From: Linus Lüssing Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 01:06:20 +0200 > If there is no querier on a link then we won't get periodic reports and > therefore won't be able to learn about multicast listeners behind ports, > potentially leading to lost multicast packets, especially for multicast > listeners that

[Bridge] [PATCHv3] bridge: disable snooping if there is no querier

2013-07-31 Thread Linus Lüssing
If there is no querier on a link then we won't get periodic reports and therefore won't be able to learn about multicast listeners behind ports, potentially leading to lost multicast packets, especially for multicast listeners that joined before the creation of the bridge. These lost multicast pac