linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 2/6] net: dsa: propagate flags down towards drivers

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Message-ID: <20230330130936.hxme34qrqwolvpsh@skbuf>
Date:   Thu, 30 Mar 2023 16:09:36 +0300
From:   Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
To:     Hans Schultz <netdev@...io-technology.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 2/6] net: dsa: propagate flags down towards
 drivers

On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 02:59:04PM +0200, Hans Schultz wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 15:43, Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 09:45:26PM +0200, Hans Schultz wrote:
> >> So the solution would be to not let the DSA layer send the
> >> SWITCHDEV_FDB_OFFLOADED event in the case when the new dynamic flag is
> >> set?
> >
> > I have never said that.
> 
> No, I was just thinking of a solution based on your previous comment
> that dynamic fdb entries with the offloaded flag set should not be aged
> out by the bridge as they are now.

If you were a user of those other drivers, and you ran the command:
"bridge fdb add ... master dynamic"
would you be ok with the behavior: "I don't have dynamic FDB entries,
but here's a static one for you"?