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Message-ID: <20240308094241.iobnxcesoadzuo7w@skbuf>
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2024 11:42:41 +0200
From: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
To: Pawel Dembicki <paweldembicki@...il.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@....com>,
	Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
	UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com, Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v6 16/16] net: dsa: vsc73xx: start treating the
 BR_LEARNING flag

On Fri, Mar 01, 2024 at 11:16:38PM +0100, Pawel Dembicki wrote:
> This patch implements .port_pre_bridge_flags() and .port_bridge_flags(),
> which are required for properly treating the BR_LEARNING flag. Also,
> .port_stp_state_set() is tweaked and now disables learning for standalone
> ports.
> 
> Disabling learning for standalone ports is required to avoid situations
> where one port sees traffic originating from another, which could cause
> invalid operations.

"invalid operations" -> packet drops

> 
> Signed-off-by: Pawel Dembicki <paweldembicki@...il.com>
> ---

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

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