From: Nikolay Aleksandrov <niko...@cumulusnetworks.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2018 12:16:43 +0300

> This patch adds support for IGMPMSG_WRVIFWHOLE which is used to pass
> full packet and real vif id when the incoming interface is wrong.
> While the RP and FHR are setting up state we need to be sending the
> registers encapsulated with all the data inside otherwise we lose it.
> The RP then decapsulates it and forwards it to the interested parties.
> Currently with WRONGVIF we can only be sending empty register packets
> and will lose that data.
> This behaviour can be enabled by using MRT_PIM with
> val == IGMPMSG_WRVIFWHOLE. This doesn't prevent IGMPMSG_WRONGVIF from
> happening, it happens in addition to it, also it is controlled by the same
> throttling parameters as WRONGVIF (i.e. 1 packet per 3 seconds currently).
> Both messages are generated to keep backwards compatibily and avoid
> breaking someone who was enabling MRT_PIM with val == 4, since any
> positive val is accepted and treated the same.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <niko...@cumulusnetworks.com>

Applied.

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