Re: [PATCH net-next v11 0/6] rtnetlink: dump link-layer multicast addresses
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
Date: Wed Oct 21 2026 - 05:05:35 EST
Hello:
This series was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>:
On Mon, 12 Oct 2026 10:17:01 +0900 you wrote:
> "ip maddr show" prints link-layer, IPv4 and IPv6 entries. The IPv4 and
> IPv6 ones come over netlink today, with IFA_MC_USERS for the user count.
> The link-layer list, dev->mc, is only exported via /proc/net/dev_mcast,
> so iproute2 and other users still parse procfs for it.
>
> This series adds the AF_PACKET family to RTM_GETMULTICAST so that the
> link-layer multicast addresses are reported the same way. Patch 4 dumps
> dev->mc in the ifaddrmsg format of the IPv4 and IPv6 dumps: IFA_MULTICAST
> carries the address, IFA_MC_USERS the reference count and a new
> IFA_F_GLOBAL flag marks entries added explicitly, the "static" column of
> /proc/net/dev_mcast. ifa_index limits the dump to one device and
> IFA_TARGET_NETNSID selects another netns. Patches 2 and 3 add a
> generation counter for dev->mc changes so a multi-part dump reports
> NLM_F_DUMP_INTR like the IPv4 and IPv6 ones. Patches 1 and 5 update the
> rt-addr spec and patch 6 adds a selftest.
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- [net-next,v11,1/6] netlink: specs: rt-addr: fix the type of target-netnsid
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/bc6728374478
- [net-next,v11,2/6] net: change netdev_hw_addr_list count through helpers
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/778a262a6c69
- [net-next,v11,3/6] net: add a generation counter for dev->mc changes
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/646cb8868bd2
- [net-next,v11,4/6] net: add AF_PACKET multicast dumps
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/ebff14be20c3
- [net-next,v11,5/6] netlink: specs: rt-addr: document AF_PACKET multicast dumps
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/48191155c538
- [net-next,v11,6/6] selftests: net: test AF_PACKET multicast dumps
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/0e87a4a83e13
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