[patch net-next 2/7] ipv4: ipmr: Add the parent ID field to VIF struct

2017-09-28 Thread Jiri Pirko
From: Yotam Gigi In order to allow the ipmr module to do partial multicast forwarding according to the device parent ID, add the device parent ID field to the VIF struct. This way, the forwarding path can use the parent ID field without invoking switchdev calls, which requires the RTNL lock. Whe

Re: [patch net-next 2/7] ipv4: ipmr: Add the parent ID field to VIF struct

2017-09-29 Thread Nikolay Aleksandrov
On 28/09/17 20:34, Jiri Pirko wrote: > From: Yotam Gigi > > In order to allow the ipmr module to do partial multicast forwarding > according to the device parent ID, add the device parent ID field to the > VIF struct. This way, the forwarding path can use the parent ID field > without invoking sw

Re: [patch net-next 2/7] ipv4: ipmr: Add the parent ID field to VIF struct

2017-09-29 Thread Nikolay Aleksandrov
On 29/09/17 12:29, Nikolay Aleksandrov wrote: > On 28/09/17 20:34, Jiri Pirko wrote: >> From: Yotam Gigi >> >> In order to allow the ipmr module to do partial multicast forwarding >> according to the device parent ID, add the device parent ID field to the >> VIF struct. This way, the forwarding pa

Re: [patch net-next 2/7] ipv4: ipmr: Add the parent ID field to VIF struct

2017-09-29 Thread Nikolay Aleksandrov
On 28/09/17 20:34, Jiri Pirko wrote: > From: Yotam Gigi > > In order to allow the ipmr module to do partial multicast forwarding > according to the device parent ID, add the device parent ID field to the > VIF struct. This way, the forwarding path can use the parent ID field > without invoking sw

Re: [patch net-next 2/7] ipv4: ipmr: Add the parent ID field to VIF struct

2017-09-30 Thread Yotam Gigi
On 09/29/2017 12:45 PM, Nikolay Aleksandrov wrote: > On 29/09/17 12:29, Nikolay Aleksandrov wrote: >> On 28/09/17 20:34, Jiri Pirko wrote: >>> From: Yotam Gigi >>> >>> In order to allow the ipmr module to do partial multicast forwarding >>> according to the device parent ID, add the device parent

Re: [patch net-next 2/7] ipv4: ipmr: Add the parent ID field to VIF struct

2017-09-30 Thread Yotam Gigi
On 09/29/2017 12:50 PM, Nikolay Aleksandrov wrote: > On 28/09/17 20:34, Jiri Pirko wrote: >> From: Yotam Gigi >> >> In order to allow the ipmr module to do partial multicast forwarding >> according to the device parent ID, add the device parent ID field to the >> VIF struct. This way, the forwardi