netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/3] switchdev: fix stp update API to work with layered netdevices

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Date:	Sun, 15 Mar 2015 11:17:55 -0700
From:	Scott Feldman <sfeldma@...il.com>
To:	Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
Cc:	Jiří Pírko <jiri@...nulli.us>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/3] switchdev: fix stp update API to work
 with layered netdevices

On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 5:29 PM,  <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com> wrote:
> From: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
>
> make it same as the netdev_switch_port_bridge_setlink/dellink
> api (ie traverse lowerdevs to get to the switch port).
>
> removes "WARN_ON(!ops->ndo_switch_parent_id_get)" because bridge ports
> can be bonds and teams which might not implement this ndo.
>
> Signed-off-by: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>

NACK on this.  This is a simpler implementation that doesn't touch
team/bonding/vlan drivers and keeps traversal thru stacked devices in
one place; see my other reply to 0/3 cover letter.
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