linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: isolate unbridged ports

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Date:	Thu, 5 Nov 2015 00:25:13 +0100
From:	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:	Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel@...oirfairelinux.com,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: isolate unbridged ports

> > +int mv88e6xxx_port_bridge_join(struct dsa_switch *ds, int port, u32 members)
> > +{
> > +	struct mv88e6xxx_priv_state *ps = ds_to_priv(ds);
> > +	const u16 pvid = 4000 + ds->index * DSA_MAX_PORTS + port;
> > +	int err;
> > +
> > +	/* The port joined a bridge, so leave its reserved VLAN */
> > +	mutex_lock(&ps->smi_mutex);
> > +	err = _mv88e6xxx_port_vlan_del(ds, port, pvid);
> > +	if (!err)
> > +		err = _mv88e6xxx_port_pvid_set(ds, port, 0);
> 
> Does that mean that the following happens:
> 
> - bridge is created and port joins it
> - port is configured to be in pvid 0 while joining
> - port is then configured again by the bridge layer to be in whatever
> pvid the user has decided
> 
> The other question is, does that break isolation between multiple
> bridges on the same switch? Should we use the bridge ifindex here
> somehow as a pvid indication?

Hi Florian

The old code which got changed when VLAN support was added used some
property from the bridge to handle multiple bridges.

But that is probably a different bug to the one being fixed here.
This is all about using ports individually.

     Andrew
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