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SubjectRE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v4 2/3] if_link: Add VF multicast promiscuous control
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan [mailto:intel-wired-lan-bounces@lists.osuosl.org] On
> Behalf Of Hiroshi Shimamoto
> Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2015 6:05 PM
> To: Kirsher, Jeffrey T; Alexander Duyck; intel-wired-lan
> Cc: vyasevic@redhat.com; e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net;
> netdev@vger.kernel.org; Choi, Sy Jong; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; David
> Laight; Hayato Momma; Edward Cree; Or Gerlitz; Bjørn Mork
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v4 2/3] if_link: Add VF multicast promiscuous
> control
>
> From: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com>
>
> Add netlink directives and ndo entry to allow VF multicast promiscuous mode.
>
> This controls the permission to enter VF multicast promiscuous mode.
> The administrator will dedicatedly allow multicast promiscuous per VF.
>
> When the VF is under multicast promiscuous mode, all multicast packets are sent
> to the VF.
>
> Don't allow VF multicast promiscuous if the VM isn't fully trusted.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com>
> Reviewed-by: Hayato Momma <h-momma@ce.jp.nec.com>
> CC: Choi, Sy Jong <sy.jong.choi@intel.com>
> ---
> include/linux/if_link.h | 1 +
> include/linux/netdevice.h | 3 +++
> include/uapi/linux/if_link.h | 6 ++++++
> net/core/rtnetlink.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
> 4 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Tested-by: Phil Schmitt <phillip.j.schmitt@intel.com>


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