netdev - Re: [RFC PATCHv3 net-next 06/10] docs: bridge: add VLAN doc

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Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2023 17:23:38 +0800
From: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com>
To: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>, Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...dia.com>,
	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
	Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
	Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCHv3 net-next 06/10] docs: bridge: add VLAN doc

On Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 11:54:36AM +0200, Nikolay Aleksandrov wrote:
> > +The `VLAN filtering <https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/1360792820-14116-1-git-send-email-vyasevic@redhat.com/>`_
> 
> drop "The", just VLAN filtering
> 
> > +on bridge is disabled by default. After enabling VLAN
> 
> on a bridge
> 
> > +filter on bridge, the bridge can handle VLAN-tagged frames and forward them
> 
> filtering on a bridge, it will
> 
> But here it sounds a bit misleading, as if vlan-tagged frames are not
> handled otherwise. They are, just vlan tags are not considered when
> making forwarding decisions (e.g. FDB lookup).

How about:

VLAN filtering on a bridge is disabled by default. After enabling VLAN filtering
on a bridge, it will start forwarding frames to appropriate destinations based
on their VLAN tag.

Thanks
Hangbin