Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 09 Sep 2022 15:11:56 +0200 | From | netdev@kapio-te ... | Subject | Re: [PATCH v5 net-next 6/6] selftests: forwarding: add test of MAC-Auth Bypass to locked port tests |
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On 2022-09-08 13:20, Vladimir Oltean wrote: > On Thu, Sep 08, 2022 at 01:14:59PM +0200, netdev@kapio-technology.com > wrote: >> On 2022-09-08 09:59, Ido Schimmel wrote: >> > On Wed, Sep 07, 2022 at 11:10:07PM +0200, netdev@kapio-technology.com wrote: >> > > I am at the blackhole driver implementation now, as I suppose that the >> > > iproute2 command should work with the mv88e6xxx driver when adding blackhole >> > > entries (with a added selftest)? >> > > I decided to add the blackhole feature as new ops for drivers with functions >> > > blackhole_fdb_add() and blackhole_fdb_del(). Do you agree with that approach? >> > >> > I assume you are talking about extending 'dsa_switch_ops'? >> >> Yes, that is the idea. >> >> > If so, it's up to the DSA maintainers to decide. > > What will be the usefulness of adding a blackhole FDB entry from user > space?
With the software bridge it could be used to signal a untrusted host in connection with a locked port entry attempt. I don't see so much use other that test purposes with the driver though.
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