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Message-ID: <54F86FD8.9000409@cumulusnetworks.com>
Date:	Thu, 05 Mar 2015 07:01:44 -0800
From:	roopa <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
CC:	sfeldma@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] rocker: check for BRIDGE_FLAGS_SELF in bridge
 setlink handler

On 3/5/15, 12:36 AM, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> Wed, Mar 04, 2015 at 01:15:29AM CET, roopa@...ulusnetworks.com wrote:
>> From: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
>>
>> With the recent addition of the NETIF_F_HW_SWITCH_OFFLOAD flag
>> on rocker ports, the second command (bridge link set) below will turn off
>> learning in the rocker hw (Scott/Jiri, need some confirmation from
>> you that this is indeed a problem and if the below patch is ok).
>>
>> ip link set dev swp1 master br0
>> bridge link set dev swp1 learning off master
>> bridge link set dev swp1 learning_sync on self
>>
>> This patch fixes rocker to ignore learning setting when 'master'
>> is set. This makes it possible to set/unset learning in kernel and bridge
>> driver independently.
>>
>> The below command will continue to set learning on in both kernel and rocker
>> hw:
>> bridge link set dev swp1 learning on
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
>> ---
>> drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker.c |    3 +++
>> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker.c
>> index e5a15a4..d7c31d2 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker.c
>> @@ -3769,6 +3769,9 @@ static int rocker_port_bridge_setlink(struct net_device *dev,
>> 	struct nlattr *attr;
>> 	int err;
>>
>> +	if (flags && !(flags & BRIDGE_FLAGS_SELF))
>> +		return 0;
>> +
> I think that the called should handle this case, not every particular
> driver. How about to put this into rtnl_bridge_setlink?

The problem is setlink can contain many more attributes than just learning.
And for most attributes you want to mirror them in hardware.
Only a few attributes like learning, you want to be able to set them in 
the kernel driver
differently than in hardware.

We have previously discussed encoding hw/sw in the upper bits of bridge 
port attributes.
I was trying to avoid that and use the existing master/self to achieve 
the same.

I will repost alternatives if I can think of something.

Thanks,
Roopa


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