netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 6/7] net: bridge: Notify about bridge VLANs

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Date:   Fri, 25 May 2018 20:00:37 +0300
From:   Petr Machata <petrm@...lanox.com>
To:     Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>
Cc:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
        <bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org>, <jiri@...lanox.com>,
        <idosch@...lanox.com>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
        <razvan.stefanescu@....com>, <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        <stephen@...workplumber.org>, <andrew@...n.ch>,
        <f.fainelli@...il.com>, <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 6/7] net: bridge: Notify about bridge VLANs

Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com> writes:

>> +	} else {
>> +		err = br_switchdev_port_obj_add(dev, v->vid, flags);
>> +		if (err && err != -EOPNOTSUPP)
>> +			goto out;
>>  	}
>
> Except that br_switchdev_port_obj_add taking vid and flags arguments
> seems confusing to me, the change looks good:

I'm not sure what you're aiming at. Both VID and flags are sent with the
notification, so they need to be passed on to the function somehow. Do
you have a counterproposal for the API?

Thanks,
Petr