netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] bridge: Let bridge not age 'externally' learnt FDB entries, they are removed when 'external' entity notifies the aging

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Date:	Wed, 04 Feb 2015 13:51:23 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	siva.mannem.lnx@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] bridge: Let bridge not age 'externally'
 learnt FDB entries, they are removed when 'external' entity notifies the
 aging

From: Siva Mannem <siva.mannem.lnx@...il.com>
Date: Mon,  2 Feb 2015 22:51:54 +0530

>  When 'learned_sync' flag is turned on, the offloaded switch
>  port syncs learned MAC addresses to bridge's FDB via switchdev notifier
>  (NETDEV_SWITCH_FDB_ADD). Currently, FDB entries learnt via this mechanism are
>  wrongly being deleted by bridge aging logic. This patch ensures that FDB
>  entries synced from offloaded switch ports are not deleted by bridging logic.
>  Such entries can only be deleted via switchdev notifier
>  (NETDEV_SWITCH_FDB_DEL).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Siva Mannem <siva.mannem.lnx@...il.com>

Applied, thanks.
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