Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: ip6mr: add support for passing full packet on wrong mif

From: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:40:11 +0000

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (master)
by David S. Miller <[email-masked]>:

On Thu, 17 Feb 2022 07:46:40 +0000 you wrote:
> This patch adds support for MRT6MSG_WRMIFWHOLE 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 WRONGMIF we can only be sending empty register packets
> and will lose that data.
> This behaviour can be enabled by using MRT_PIM with
> val == MRT6MSG_WRMIFWHOLE. This doesn't prevent MRT6MSG_WRONGMIF from
> happening, it happens in addition to it, also it is controlled by the same
> throttling parameters as WRONGMIF (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.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - net: ip6mr: add support for passing full packet on wrong mif
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/4b340a5a726d

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