netdev - Re: [PATCH 4/7] bridge: Automatically manage port promiscuous mode.

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Date:	Wed, 26 Feb 2014 08:58:26 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:	Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@...hat.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	shemminger@...tta.com, mst@...hat.com, jhs@...atatu.com,
	john.r.fastabend@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7] bridge: Automatically manage port promiscuous mode.

On Wed, 26 Feb 2014 10:18:22 -0500
Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@...hat.com> wrote:

> When there is only 1 flooding port, this port is programmed
> with all the address the bridge accumulated.  This allows
> us to place this port into non-promiscuous mode.
> At other times, all ports are set as promiscuous.  To help
> track whether the bridge set the mode or not, a new
> flag is introduced.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@...hat.com>

This mixes the definition of outbound (flooding) and inbound (promiscuous).
Not sure if this is safe in all cases.

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