Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 08 Jul 2022 11:27:15 +0200 | From | netdev@kapio-te ... | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4 net-next 3/6] drivers: net: dsa: add locked fdb entry flag to drivers |
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On 2022-07-08 11:15, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> > Well, yes, but if I'm correct, the bridge right now can't create locked > FDB entries, so is_locked will always be false in the ADD_TO_DEVICE > direction.
The bridge can create locked FDB entries with this patch set. That is part of the idea that a SW bridge will have the same features as the HW version, so first I made it in the bridge.
> > When the possibility for it to be true will exist, _all_ switchdev > drivers will need to be updated to ignore that (mlxsw, cpss, ocelot, > rocker, prestera, etc etc), not just DSA. And you don't need to > propagate the is_locked flag to all individual DSA sub-drivers when > none > care about is_locked in the ADD_TO_DEVICE direction, you can just > ignore > within DSA until needed otherwise. >
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