netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] switchdev: fix handling for drivers not supporting IPv4 fib add/del ops

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Date:	Wed, 10 Jun 2015 23:56:49 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sfeldma@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, jiri@...nulli.us, f.fainelli@...il.com,
	andrew@...n.ch
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] switchdev: fix handling for drivers not
 supporting IPv4 fib add/del ops

From: sfeldma@...il.com
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 17:04:49 -0700

> From: Scott Feldman <sfeldma@...il.com>
> 
> If CONFIG_NET_SWITCHDEV is enabled, but port driver does not implement
> support for IPv4 FIB add/del ops, don't fail route add/del offload
> operations.  Route adds will not be marked as OFFLOAD.  Routes will be
> installed in the kernel FIB, as usual.
> 
> This was report/fixed by Florian when testing DSA driver with net-next on
> devices with L2 offload support but no L3 offload support. What he reported
> was an initial route installed from DHCP client would fail (route not
> installed to kernel FIB).  This was triggering the setting of
> ipv4.fib_offload_disabled, which would disable route offloading after the
> first failure.  So subsequent attempts to install the route would succeed.
> 
> There is follow-on work/discussion to address the handling of route install
> failures, but for now, let's differentiate between no support and failed
> support.
> 
> Reported-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Scott Feldman <sfeldma@...il.com>

Applied, thanks everyone.
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