netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH v0 1/2] net: bridge: propagate FDB table into hardware

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Date:	Thu, 01 Mar 2012 08:24:22 -0500
From:	Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
To:	John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>
Cc:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	bhutchings@...arflare.com, roprabhu@...co.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, mst@...hat.com, chrisw@...hat.com,
	davem@...emloft.net, gregory.v.rose@...el.com, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	sri@...ibm.com, Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@...tstofly.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v0 1/2] net: bridge: propagate FDB table into
 hardware

On Wed, 2012-02-29 at 09:25 -0800, John Fastabend wrote:

> Well I think NETLINK_ROUTE is the most correct type to use in this
> case. Per netlink.h its for routing and device hooks.
> 
> #define NETLINK_ROUTE           0       /* Routing/device hook                          */
> 
> And NETLINK_ROUTE msg_types use the RTM_* prefix. The _*NEIGH postfix
> were merely a copy from the SW BRIDGE code paths. How about,
> 
> PF_BRIDGE:RTM_FDB_NEWENTRY
> PF_BRIDGE:RTM_FDB_DELENTRY
> PF_BRIDGE:RTM_FDB_GETENTRY

OK, I guess ;->

> And a new group RTNLGRP_FDB. 

Nod.

> Also using NETLINK_ROUTE gives the correct
> rtnl locking semantics for free.

makes sense.


> Agreed. I think adding some ndo_ops for bridging offloads here would
> work. For example the DSA infrastructure and/or macvlan devices might
> need this. Along the lines of extending this RFC,
> 
> [RFC] hardware bridging support for DSA switches
> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/16578/

Certainly - thats one approach that is reasonable.
Where is Lennert? ;-> I changed his email address to one that i am 
familiar with.

cheers,
jamal


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