linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v1 2/9] net: dsa: tag

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Date:   Sat, 3 Apr 2021 16:49:50 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>
Cc:     Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@...gutronix.de>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mips@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v1 2/9] net: dsa: tag_ar9331: detect IGMP and
 MLD packets

> @@ -31,6 +96,13 @@ static struct sk_buff *ar9331_tag_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
>  	__le16 *phdr;
>  	u16 hdr;
>  
> +	if (dp->stp_state == BR_STATE_BLOCKING) {
> +		/* TODO: should we reflect it in the stats? */
> +		netdev_warn_once(dev, "%s:%i dropping blocking packet\n",
> +				 __func__, __LINE__);
> +		return NULL;
> +	}
> +
>  	phdr = skb_push(skb, AR9331_HDR_LEN);
>  
>  	hdr = FIELD_PREP(AR9331_HDR_VERSION_MASK, AR9331_HDR_VERSION);

Hi Oleksij

This change does not seem to fit with what this patch is doing.

I also think it is wrong. You still need BPDU to pass through a
blocked port, otherwise spanning tree protocol will be unstable.

	Andrew