Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754394AbaGIHOW (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jul 2014 03:14:22 -0400 Received: from devils.ext.ti.com ([198.47.26.153]:36444 "EHLO devils.ext.ti.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751114AbaGIHOU (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jul 2014 03:14:20 -0400 From: Mugunthan V N To: CC: , , , Mugunthan V N Subject: [net-next PATCH v2 0/3] Broadcast/Multicast rate limit via Ethtool Coalesce Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2014 12:44:07 +0530 Message-ID: <1404890050-4020-1-git-send-email-mugunthanvnm@ti.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.0.0.390.gcb682f8 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org A system/cpu can be loaded by a hacker with flooding of broadcast or multicast packets, to prevent this some Ethernet controllers like CPSW provide a mechanism to limit the broadcast/multicast packet rate via hardware limiters. This patch series enables this feature via Ethtool Coalesce. Mugunthan V N (3): net: ethtool: Add Multicast and broadcast rate limit coalescing feature drivers: net: cpsw: remove redundancy check drivers: net: cpsw: Add support for multicast/broadcast rate limit drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c | 83 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h | 4 ++ 2 files changed, 82 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) -- 2.0.0.390.gcb682f8 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/