netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v5 04/21] switchdev: convert parent_id

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Date:	Wed, 6 May 2015 05:13:11 +0200
From:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:	sfeldma@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, roopa@...ulusnetworks.com,
	linux@...ck-us.net, f.fainelli@...il.com,
	sridhar.samudrala@...el.com, ronen.arad@...el.com, andrew@...n.ch,
	simon.horman@...ronome.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v5 04/21] switchdev: convert parent_id_get to
 switchdev attr get

Tue, May 05, 2015 at 07:34:40PM CEST, sfeldma@...il.com wrote:
>From: Scott Feldman <sfeldma@...il.com>
>
>Switch ID is just a gettable port attribute.  Convert switchdev op
>switchdev_parent_id_get to a switchdev attr.
>
>Note: for sysfs and netlink interfaces, SWITCHDEV_ATTR_PORT_PARENT_ID is
>called with SWITCHDEV_F_NO_RECUSE to limit switch ID user-visiblity to only
>port netdevs.  So when a port is stacked under bond/bridge, the user can
>only query switch id via the switch ports, but not via the upper devices
>
>Signed-off-by: Scott Feldman <sfeldma@...il.com>

Acked-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
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