Re: [PATCH v4 net-next] net: bridge: mcast: add support for raw L2 multicast groups

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Thu, 29 Oct 2020 01:38:31 +0200 Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> From: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Extend the bridge multicast control and data path to configure routes
> for L2 (non-IP) multicast groups.
> 
> The uapi struct br_mdb_entry union u is extended with another variant,
> mac_addr, which does not change the structure size, and which is valid
> when the proto field is zero.
> 
> To be compatible with the forwarding code that is already in place,
> which acts as an IGMP/MLD snooping bridge with querier capabilities, we
> need to declare that for L2 MDB entries (for which there exists no such
> thing as IGMP/MLD snooping/querying), that there is always a querier.
> Otherwise, these entries would be flooded to all bridge ports and not
> just to those that are members of the L2 multicast group.
> 
> Needless to say, only permanent L2 multicast groups can be installed on
> a bridge port.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@xxxxxxx>

Applied, thanks!