netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] vxlan: don't flush static fdb entries on admin down

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Date:   Mon, 23 Jan 2017 09:55:55 +0100
From:   Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>
To:     Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        ramanb@...ulusnetworks.com, stephen@...workplumber.org,
        pshelar@....org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] vxlan: don't flush static fdb entries on
 admin down

On Fri, 20 Jan 2017 23:43:18 -0800, Roopa Prabhu wrote:
> This patch skips flushing static fdb entries in
> ndo_stop, but flushes all fdb entries during vxlan
> device delete. This is consistent with the bridge
> driver fdb

This makes sense but isn't this a uAPI change? Do you know whether
there are users relying on the current behavior?

 Jiri