linux-kernel - Re: [RFC net-next 00/13] Get rid of switchdev

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Message-ID: <20190202155231.GD2778@nanopsycho>
Date:   Sat, 2 Feb 2019 16:52:31 +0100
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
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        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
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Subject: Re: [RFC net-next 00/13] Get rid of switchdev_ops

Fri, Feb 01, 2019 at 11:06:44PM CET, f.fainelli@...il.com wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>This patch series converts SWITCHDEV_PORT_ATTR_{GET,SET} to use a
>blocking notifier, similar to how SWITCHDEV_PORT_OBJ_{ADD,DEL} has been
>changed recently by Petr.
>
>This was suggested by Ido to help with a particular use case I have
>where I want to be able to veto a switchdev bridge attribute from a
>driver (multicast_snooping).
>
>Please review since I may not have gotten the driver abstraction right,
>especially for mlx5e and nfp since these are *hum* *hum* large drivers.

Looks fine. Thanks!