Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 02 Aug 2022 14:54:50 +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 2022-07-21 13:59, Vladimir Oltean wrote: > On Sun, Jul 17, 2022 at 05:53:22PM +0200, netdev@kapio-technology.com > wrote: >> > 3. What happens to packets with a DA matching the zero-DPV entry, are >> > they also discarded in hardware? If so, here we differ from the bridge >> > driver implementation where such packets will be forwarded according to >> > the locked entry and egress the locked port >> >> I understand that egress will follow what is setup with regard to UC, >> MC and >> BC, though I haven't tested that. But no replies will get through of >> course >> as long as the port hasn't been opened for the iface behind the locked >> port. > > Here, should we be rather fixing the software bridge, if the current > behavior is to forward packets towards locked FDB entries?
Yes, I think that locked entries should block egress to the respective hosts behind the locked port, which should be fixed in the bridge.
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