[PATCH iproute2-next 3/3] man: man8: bridge: Describe mcast_max_groups
From: Petr Machata <petrm@nvidia.com>
Date: 2023-02-06 17:51:12
Subsystem:
the rest · Maintainer:
Linus Torvalds
Add documentation for per-port and port-port-vlan option mcast_max_groups. Signed-off-by: Petr Machata <petrm@nvidia.com> --- man/man8/bridge.8 | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)
diff --git a/man/man8/bridge.8 b/man/man8/bridge.8
index f73e538a3536..7075eab283fa 100644
--- a/man/man8/bridge.8
+++ b/man/man8/bridge.8@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ bridge \- show / manipulate bridge addresses and devices .BR hwmode " { " vepa " | " veb " } ] [ " .BR bcast_flood " { " on " | " off " } ] [ " .BR mcast_flood " { " on " | " off " } ] [ " +.BR mcast_max_groups +.IR MAX_GROUPS " ] [" .BR mcast_router .IR MULTICAST_ROUTER " ] [" .BR mcast_to_unicast " { " on " | " off " } ] [ "
@@ -169,6 +171,8 @@ bridge \- show / manipulate bridge addresses and devices .IR VID " [ " .B state .IR STP_STATE " ] [ " +.B mcast_max_groups +.IR MAX_GROUPS " ] [ " .B mcast_router .IR MULTICAST_ROUTER " ]"
@@ -517,6 +521,15 @@ By default this flag is on. Controls whether multicast traffic for which there is no MDB entry will be flooded towards this given port. By default this flag is on. +.TP +.BI mcast_max_groups " MAX_GROUPS " +Sets the maximum number of MDB entries that can be registered for a given +port. Attempts to register more MDB entries at the port than this limit +allows will be rejected, whether they are done through netlink (e.g. the +\fBbridge\fR tool), or IGMP or MLD membership reports. Setting a limit to 0 +has the effect of disabling the limit. See also the \fBip link\fR option +\fBmcast_hash_max\fR. + .TP .BI mcast_router " MULTICAST_ROUTER " This flag is almost the same as the per-VLAN flag, see below, except its
@@ -1107,6 +1120,15 @@ is used during the STP election process. In this state, the vlan will only proce STP BPDUs. .sp +.TP +.BI mcast_max_groups " MAX_GROUPS " +Sets the maximum number of MDB entries that can be registered for a given +VLAN on a given port. A VLAN-specific equivalent of the per-port option of +the same name, see above for details. + +Note that this option is only available when \fBip link\fR option +\fBmcast_vlan_snooping\fR is enabled. + .TP .BI mcast_router " MULTICAST_ROUTER " configure this vlan and interface's multicast router mode, note that only modes
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