From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: Ujjal Roy <royujjal@gmail.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org,
Kernel <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: net: bridge: multicast: Renaming of flag BRIDGE_IGMP_SNOOPING
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2021 09:59:13 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210607095913.32c17900@hermes.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAE2MWkkL9x+FRzggdOSPcyFpguwP9VuQPD9AJWLTsfLzaLodfQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, 7 Jun 2021 21:29:34 +0530
Ujjal Roy <royujjal@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Stephen,
>
> Can we rename this flag BRIDGE_IGMP_SNOOPING into something like
> BRIDGE_MULTICAST_SNOOPING/BRIDGE_MCAST_SNOOPING? I am starting this
> thread because this BRIDGE_IGMP_SNOOPING flag holds information about
> IGMP only but not about MLD. Or this is not a common name to describe
> both IGMP and MLD. Please let me know about my concern, so that I can
> change the code and submit a patch.
>
> Thanks,
> UjjaL Roy
It is part of user API at this point so not possible to remove old definition.
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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: Ujjal Roy <royujjal@gmail.com>
Cc: Kernel <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [Bridge] net: bridge: multicast: Renaming of flag BRIDGE_IGMP_SNOOPING
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2021 09:59:13 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210607095913.32c17900@hermes.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAE2MWkkL9x+FRzggdOSPcyFpguwP9VuQPD9AJWLTsfLzaLodfQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, 7 Jun 2021 21:29:34 +0530
Ujjal Roy <royujjal@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Stephen,
>
> Can we rename this flag BRIDGE_IGMP_SNOOPING into something like
> BRIDGE_MULTICAST_SNOOPING/BRIDGE_MCAST_SNOOPING? I am starting this
> thread because this BRIDGE_IGMP_SNOOPING flag holds information about
> IGMP only but not about MLD. Or this is not a common name to describe
> both IGMP and MLD. Please let me know about my concern, so that I can
> change the code and submit a patch.
>
> Thanks,
> UjjaL Roy
It is part of user API at this point so not possible to remove old definition.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-06-07 16:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-06-07 15:59 net: bridge: multicast: Renaming of flag BRIDGE_IGMP_SNOOPING Ujjal Roy
2021-06-07 15:59 ` [Bridge] " Ujjal Roy
2021-06-07 16:59 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2021-06-07 16:59 ` Stephen Hemminger
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