linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 7/7] net: dsa: ocelot: request DSA to fix up lack of address learning on CPU port

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Date:   Wed, 16 Dec 2020 16:43:00 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
Cc:     Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...dia.com>,
        Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...dia.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        DENG Qingfang <dqfext@...il.com>,
        Tobias Waldekranz <tobias@...dekranz.com>,
        Marek Behun <marek.behun@....cz>,
        Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Alexandra Winter <wintera@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>,
        Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>,
        Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@....com>,
        UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 7/7] net: dsa: ocelot: request DSA to fix up
 lack of address learning on CPU port

On Sun, Dec 13, 2020 at 04:07:10PM +0200, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> Given the following setup:
> 
> ip link add br0 type bridge
> ip link set eno0 master br0
> ip link set swp0 master br0
> ip link set swp1 master br0
> ip link set swp2 master br0
> ip link set swp3 master br0
> 
> Currently, packets received on a DSA slave interface (such as swp0)
> which should be routed by the software bridge towards a non-switch port
> (such as eno0) are also flooded towards the other switch ports (swp1,
> swp2, swp3) because the destination is unknown to the hardware switch.
> 
> This patch addresses the issue by monitoring the addresses learnt by the
> software bridge on eno0, and adding/deleting them as static FDB entries
> on the CPU port accordingly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
> Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew