On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 03:20:08PM +0100, Ilya Maximets wrote:
> On 12/27/23 12:15, Mohammad Heib wrote:
> > Store igmp/mld protocol version into the
> > mcast_group internally, the multicast snooping feature
> > is used by many OVS consumers and those consumers heavily rely
> > on the OVS implementation to manage/deal with mcast groups,
> > some of those consumers also need to deal/expose the mcast protocol
> > to the end user for debuggability purposes.
> > 
> > OVN for example needs to expose the protocol version to the end user
> > to match between the protocol version used in the OVN logical switches
> > and the uplink ports
> > 
> > Therefore, instead of implementing this in each OVS consumer that needs
> > to deal mcast group protocol version which will be very complicated
> > implementation since it rely on the OVS code, saving the protocol to
> > the mdb inside OVS will give that consumer access to the protocol version
> > very easily.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Mohammad Heib <[email protected]>
> > ---
> > v6: Rebase on top of current master.
> >     Address comments from Eelco:
> >     - hardcode MCAST_GROUP_IGMPV3 inside mcast_snooping_add_report
> >       function.
> > ---
> 
> Hi, Eelco and Simon, do you have any further comments on this patch set?
> i.e. did you have a chance to review this version?  I see you both looked
> at the previous ones.
> 
> I see some conversation here, but I'm not sure if it is resolved or not.
> 
> (I didn't review the code myself and will likley not have much time before
> branching tomorrow.)

I believe things have moved on and these patches.
So sorry for not responding earlier.

For the record, I am happy with these patches.
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