[ovs-dev] two possible bugs about ipv6 multicast

Ben Pfaff blp at ovn.org
Wed Nov 15 19:03:10 UTC 2017


On Mon, Sep 04, 2017 at 11:40:01PM +0800, Huanle Han wrote:
> I'm just learning ipv6. When I go through ovs code about ipv6 normal
> forwarding, I find 2 possible "bugs". Could you explain some for me? Thanks.
> 
> 1. In fucntion "xlate_normal". when mcast snooping is on, ipv6 neighbor
> discover packet, whose dest mac is "33:33:**", is proccessed in
> mcast_snooping code branch. Is this corrent?
> 
> 2. In function "xlate_normal", "is_mld()"  code branch deosn't return as
> "igmp" does, but continue to look up mcast table and forward to group base
> ports. Is this corrent?

Thadeu, do you have an opinion on these?  I think that you are the main
author of this code.


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