netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v6 2/2] bridge: vlan: signal if anything changed on vlan add

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Date:   Sat, 28 Oct 2017 08:34:03 +0900
From:   Toshiaki Makita <toshiaki.makita1@...il.com>
To:     Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     dsa@...ulusnetworks.com, mrv@...atatu.com, davem@...emloft.net,
        bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org, roopa@...ulusnetworks.com,
        stephen@...workplumber.org, makita.toshiaki@....ntt.co.jp
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v6 2/2] bridge: vlan: signal if anything changed
 on vlan add

On 17/10/27 (金) 19:19, Nikolay Aleksandrov wrote:
> Before this patch there was no way to tell if the vlan add operation
> actually changed anything, thus we would always generate a notification
> on adds. Let's make the notifications more precise and generate them
> only if anything changed, so use the new bool parameter to signal that the
> vlan was updated. We cannot return an error because there are valid use
> cases that will be broken (e.g. overlapping range add) and also we can't
> risk masking errors due to calls into drivers for vlan add which can
> potentially return anything.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>

Reviewed-by: Toshiaki Makita <makita.toshiaki@....ntt.co.jp>

Toshiaki Makita