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Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2014 11:45:56 +0800
From: Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@...wei.com>
To: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@...il.com>, <kaber@...sh.net>,
<davem@...emloft.net>, <edumazet@...gle.com>,
<vyasevic@...hat.com>, <makita.toshiaki@....ntt.co.jp>
CC: <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/3] macvlan: don't update the uc and vlan
list for L2 forwarding offload
On 2014/6/5 23:09, Vlad Yasevich wrote:
> On 06/05/2014 08:01 AM, Ding Tianhong wrote:
>> If lowerdev supports L2 forwarding offload, no need to set mac address
>> to uc list and vlan list, so also don't do that when the macvlan mac address
>> changes.
>
> Same issue as in v1. Please explain how this actually works, since the
> new address never makes it to the hw.
>
Hi, vlad:
The fwd only support 82599 nic, and when fwd_priv is true, this means the lowerdev support L2 forwarding offload, and will set the macvlan
to the ixgbe_fwd_adapter->netdev, and then it is clear that the lowerdev could know that the the upper device is macvlan and could handle
the skb to the upperdev.
If I miss something, please remind me, thanks.
Ding
> -vlad
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@...wei.com>
>> ---
>> drivers/net/macvlan.c | 2 +-
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/macvlan.c b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
>> index 453d55a..c3a54a6 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/macvlan.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
>> @@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ static int macvlan_sync_address(struct net_device *dev, unsigned char *addr)
>> struct net_device *lowerdev = vlan->lowerdev;
>> int err;
>>
>> - if (!(dev->flags & IFF_UP)) {
>> + if (!(dev->flags & IFF_UP) || vlan->fwd_priv) {
>> /* Just copy in the new address */
>> ether_addr_copy(dev->dev_addr, addr);
>> } else {
>>
>
>
>
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