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Paul Davey says: ==================== Allow more than 255 IPv4 multicast interfaces Currently it is not possible to use more than 255 multicast interfaces for IPv4 due to the format of the igmpmsg header which only has 8 bits available for the VIF ID. There is space available in the igmpmsg header to store the full VIF ID in the form of an unused byte following the VIF ID field. There is also enough space for the full VIF ID in the Netlink cache notifications, however the value is currently taken directly from the igmpmsg header and has thus already been truncated. Adding the high byte of the VIF ID into the unused3 byte of igmpmsg allows use of more than 255 IPv4 multicast interfaces. The full VIF ID is also available in the Netlink notification by assembling it from both bytes from the igmpmsg. Additionally this reveals a deficiency in the Netlink cache report notifications, they lack any means for differentiating cache reports relating to different multicast routing tables. This is easily resolved by adding the multicast route table ID to the cache reports. changes in v2: - Added high byte of VIF ID to igmpmsg struct replacing unused3 member. - Assemble VIF ID in Netlink notification from both bytes in igmpmsg header. ==================== Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> |
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Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.