linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 1/3] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: change default return of mv88e6xxx_port_bridge

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Date:   Wed, 4 Jan 2023 19:17:57 +0200
From:   Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
To:     "Hans J. Schultz" <netdev@...io-technology.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 1/3] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: change default
 return of mv88e6xxx_port_bridge_flags

On Wed, Jan 04, 2023 at 02:06:01PM +0100, Hans J. Schultz wrote:
> The default return value -EOPNOTSUPP of mv88e6xxx_port_bridge_flags()
> came from the return value of the DSA method port_egress_floods() in
> commit 4f85901f0063 ("net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: add support for bridge flags"),
> but the DSA API was changed in commit a8b659e7ff75 ("net: dsa: act as
> passthrough for bridge port flags"), resulting in the return value
> -EOPNOTSUPP not being valid anymore, and sections for new flags will not
> need to set the return value to zero on success, as with the new mab flag
> added in a following patch.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hans J. Schultz <netdev@...io-technology.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>