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Date:	Tue, 18 Dec 2012 23:32:44 +0100
From:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:	Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@...hat.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, shemminger@...tta.com, davem@...emloft.net,
	or.gerlitz@...il.com, jhs@...atatu.com, mst@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 00/12] Add basic VLAN support to bridges



I see that this patchset replicates a lot of code which is already
present in net/8021q/ or include/linux/if_vlan.h. I think it would
be nice to move this code into some "common" place, wouldn't it?

Jiri

Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 08:00:51PM CET, vyasevic@...hat.com wrote:
>This series of patches provides an ability to add VLANs to the bridge
>ports.  This is similar to what can be found in most switches.  The bridge
>port may have any number of VLANs added to it including vlan 0 priority tagged
>traffic.  When vlans are added to the port, only traffic tagged with particular
>vlan will forwarded over this port.  Additionally, vlan ids are added to FDB
>entries and become part of the lookup.  This way we correctly identify the FDB
>entry.
>
>A single vlan may also be designated as untagged.  Any untagged traffic
>recieved by the port will be assigned to this vlan.  Any traffic exiting
>the port with a VID matching the untagged vlan will exit untagged (the
>bridge will strip the vlan header).  This is similar to "Native Vlan" support
>available in most switches.
>
>The default behavior ofthe bridge is unchanged if no vlans have been
>configured.
>
>Changes since v1:
> - Fixed some forwarding bugs.
> - Add vlan to local fdb entries.  New local entries are created per vlan
>   to facilite correct forwarding to bridge interface.
> - Allow configuration of vlans directly on the bridge master device
>   in addition to ports.
>
>Changes since rfc v2:
> - Per-port vlan bitmap is gone and is replaced with a vlan list.
> - Added bridge vlan list, which is referenced by each port.  Entries in
>   the birdge vlan list have port bitmap that shows which port are parts
>   of which vlan.
> - Netlink API changes.
> - Dropped sysfs support for now.  If people think this is really usefull,
>   can add it back.
> - Support for native/untagged vlans.
>
>Changes since rfc v1:
> - Comments addressed regarding formatting and RCU usage
> - iocts have been removed and changed over the netlink interface.
> - Added support of user added ndb entries.
> - changed sysfs interface to export a bitmap.  Also added a write interface.
>   I am not sure how much I like it, but it made my testing easier/faster.  I
>   might change the write interface to take text instead of binary.
>
>
>Vlad Yasevich (12):
>  bridge: Add vlan filtering infrastructure
>  bridge: Validate that vlan is permitted on ingress
>  bridge: Verify that a vlan is allowed to egress on give port
>  bridge: Cache vlan in the cb for faster egress lookup.
>  bridge: Add vlan to unicast fdb entries
>  bridge: Add vlan id to multicast groups
>  bridge: Add netlink interface to configure vlans on bridge ports
>  bridge: Add vlan support to static neighbors
>  bridge: Add the ability to configure untagged vlans
>  bridge: Implement untagged vlan handling
>  bridge: Dump vlan information from a bridge port
>  bridge: Add vlan support for local fdb entries
>
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c |    5 +-
> drivers/net/macvlan.c                         |    2 +-
> drivers/net/vxlan.c                           |    3 +-
> include/linux/netdevice.h                     |    4 +-
> include/uapi/linux/if_bridge.h                |   23 ++-
> include/uapi/linux/neighbour.h                |    1 +
> include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h                |    1 +
> net/bridge/br_device.c                        |   34 ++-
> net/bridge/br_fdb.c                           |  253 ++++++++++++---
> net/bridge/br_forward.c                       |  160 ++++++++++
> net/bridge/br_if.c                            |  404 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> net/bridge/br_input.c                         |   65 ++++-
> net/bridge/br_multicast.c                     |   71 +++--
> net/bridge/br_netlink.c                       |  178 ++++++++++--
> net/bridge/br_private.h                       |   71 ++++-
> net/core/rtnetlink.c                          |   40 ++-
> 16 files changed, 1190 insertions(+), 125 deletions(-)
>
>-- 
>1.7.7.6
>
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