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

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On Mon, 2 Oct 2017 07:49:09 -0700
Roopa Prabhu <roopa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 1, 2017 at 9:36 PM, Roopa Prabhu <roopa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > From: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > 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.



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