netdev - Re: [patch net-next v2 07/10] bridge: call netdev_sw_port_stp_update when bridge port STP status changes

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Date:	Mon, 10 Nov 2014 07:59:21 -0800
From:	Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:	Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
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Subject: Re: [patch net-next v2 07/10] bridge: call netdev_sw_port_stp_update
 when bridge port STP status changes

On 11/10/14, 5:11 AM, Jamal Hadi Salim wrote:
> On 11/09/14 05:51, Jiri Pirko wrote:
>> From: Scott Feldman <sfeldma@...il.com>
>>
>> To notify switch driver of change in STP state of bridge port, add new
>> .ndo op and provide swdev wrapper func to call ndo op. Use it in bridge
>> code then.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Scott Feldman <sfeldma@...il.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
>> ---
>>   include/linux/netdevice.h |  6 ++++++
>>   include/net/switchdev.h   |  6 ++++++
>>   net/bridge/br_netlink.c   |  2 ++
>>   net/bridge/br_stp.c       |  4 ++++
>>   net/bridge/br_stp_if.c    |  3 +++
>>   net/bridge/br_stp_timer.c |  2 ++
>>   net/switchdev/switchdev.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
>>   7 files changed, 42 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
>> index 116a19d..35f21a95 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
>> @@ -1033,6 +1033,10 @@ typedef u16 (*select_queue_fallback_t)(struct 
>> net_device *dev,
>>    *                  const unsigned char *addr,
>>    *                  u16 vid);
>>    *    Called to delete a fdb from switch device port.
>> + *
>> + * int (*ndo_sw_port_stp_update)(struct net_device *dev, u8 state);
>> + *    Called to notify switch device port of bridge port STP
>> + *    state change.
>
> You are unconditionally calling
> netdev_sw_port_stp_update(p->dev, p->state);
> Again issue is policy. Could you make this work the same
> way the fdb_add e.g user intent of whether i want to turn
> a port in hardware and/or software to disabled/learning/etc
> is reflected?
>
> btw: does _sw_ stand for switch? why not _hw_ ?
> Could we have one ndo for all flags instead of individual ones.

I agree. There is the bridge port state and a bunch of bridge port 
flags. A generic ndo will be good.
>
> I know the current user space code uses u8 as a bitflag; but
> maybe we can introduce a new u32 flag bitmask that has all the
> flags set for backward compat? I can count about a total of 10.


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