linux-kernel - Re: [Patch v3 net-next 0/3] Add support for mdb offload failure notification

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Message-ID: <20250407102941.4331a41e@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2025 10:29:41 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Joseph Huang <Joseph.Huang@...min.com>
Cc: <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Joseph Huang <joseph.huang.2024@...il.com>,
 Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>, "David S. Miller"
 <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo Abeni
 <pabeni@...hat.com>, Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...dia.com>, Nikolay Aleksandrov
 <razor@...ckwall.org>, Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>,
 <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <bridge@...ts.linux.dev>
Subject: Re: [Patch v3 net-next 0/3] Add support for mdb offload failure
 notification

On Fri, 4 Apr 2025 17:29:32 -0400 Joseph Huang wrote:
> Currently the bridge does not provide real-time feedback to user space
> on whether or not an attempt to offload an mdb entry was successful.
> 
> This patch set adds support to notify user space about failed offload
> attempts, and is controlled by a new knob mdb_offload_fail_notification.
> 
> A break-down of the patches in the series:
> 
> Patch 1 adds offload failed flag to indicate that the offload attempt
> has failed. The flag is reflected in netlink mdb entry flags.
> 
> Patch 2 adds the new bridge bool option mdb_offload_fail_notification.
> 
> Patch 3 notifies user space when the result is known, controlled by
> mdb_offload_fail_notification setting.

You submitted this during the merge window, when the net-next tree
was closed. See: 
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/next/process/maintainer-netdev.html#development-cycle
Could you repost so that the series will be re-enqueued? 

Thanks!
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