Why are multicast packets not forwarding to the KVM guest through the macvtap interface?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Why aren't multicast packets forwarding to the KVM guest machine through the macvtap interface?
  • Why are multicast packets forwarded to the KVM guest via the macvtap interface when running tcpdump on the macvtap vnet interface?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux - All Version
  • KVM guest machine
  • macvtap(vepa mode)

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