netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH v4 0/8] Managing the forwarding database(FDB)

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Message-Id: <20120415.130637.2258594023349277277.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 15 Apr 2012 13:06:37 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	john.r.fastabend@...el.com
Cc:	shemminger@...tta.com, mst@...hat.com, bhutchings@...arflare.com,
	sri@...ibm.com, hadi@...erus.ca, jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, gregory.v.rose@...el.com,
	krkumar2@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v4 0/8] Managing the forwarding database(FDB)

From: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 09:43:51 -0700

> The following series is a submission for net-next to allow
> embedded switches and other stacked devices other then the
> Linux bridge to manage a forwarding database.
> 
> Previously discussed here,
> 
> http://lists.openwall.net/netdev/2012/03/19/26
> 
> v4: propagate return codes correctly for ndo_dflt_Fdb_dump()
> 
> v3: resolve the macvlan patch 8/8 to fix a dev_set_promiscuity()
>     error and add the flags field to change and get link routines.
> 
> v2: addressed feedback from Ben Hutchings resolving a typo in the
>     multicast add/del routines and improving the error handling
>     when both NTF_SELF and NTF_MASTER are set.
> 
> I've tested this with 'br' tool published by Stephen Hemminger
> soon to be renamed 'bridge' I believe and various traffic
> generators mostly pktgen, ping, and netperf.

All applied, if we need any more tweaks we can just add them
on top of this work.

Thanks John.
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