RE: [PATCH net-next v1] xen-netback: implement dynamic multicast control

2016-02-02 Thread Paul Durrant
> -Original Message- > From: Wei Liu [mailto:wei.l...@citrix.com] > Sent: 02 February 2016 11:09 > To: Paul Durrant > Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org; xen-de...@lists.xenproject.org; Ian Campbell; > Wei Liu > Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v1] xen-netback: implement dynami

Re: [PATCH net-next v1] xen-netback: implement dynamic multicast control

2016-02-02 Thread Wei Liu
On Mon, Feb 01, 2016 at 02:40:53PM +, Paul Durrant wrote: [...] > +static int xen_register_mcast_ctrl_watch(struct xenbus_device *dev, > + struct xenvif *vif) > +{ > + int err = 0; > + char *node; > + unsigned maxlen = strlen(dev->otherend) + > +

[PATCH net-next v1] xen-netback: implement dynamic multicast control

2016-02-01 Thread Paul Durrant
My recent patch to the Xen Project documents a protocol for 'dynamic multicast control' in netif.h. This extends the previous multicast control protocol to not require a shared ring reconnection to turn the feature off. Instead the backend watches the "request-multicast-control" key in xenstore and