linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next v2 12/12] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: add support for DSA ageing time

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Message-ID: <87eg6q3efp.fsf@ketchup.mtl.sfl>
Date:	Mon, 18 Jul 2016 15:59:38 -0400
From:	Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>
To:	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel@...oirfairelinux.com,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next v2 12/12] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: add support for DSA ageing time

Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch> writes:

>> Nope, the bridge ageing time is not per-port, even though switchdev ops
>> are per-port by design. This is a switch-wide attribute.
>
> So you are saying the core is doing all the reference counting, etc,
> when swapping between fast and slow ageing?

I don't see how checking for the fastest ageing time would fix support
for multiple bridges... I think that would make the code much more
complex for a small value. Multiple logical bridges on top of a single
physical switch is still a tricky topic.

Maybe we can keep it simple for the moment with this switch-wide
set_ageing_time operation, and later add a patch for the DSA layer to
cache and elect the ageing time per-port or per-bridge.

Thanks,

        Vivien