netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 0/7] bridge: don't age out externally added FDB entries

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Message-Id: <20150923.143646.1111978912183035009.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 23 Sep 2015 14:36:46 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sfeldma@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, jiri@...nulli.us,
	siva.mannem.lnx@...il.com, pjonnala@...adcom.com,
	stephen@...workplumber.org, roopa@...ulusnetworks.com,
	andrew@...n.ch, f.fainelli@...il.com,
	vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 0/7] bridge: don't age out externally added
 FDB entries

From: sfeldma@...il.com
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 08:39:13 -0700

> From: Scott Feldman <sfeldma@...il.com>
> 
> v3: Per davem review: add del_timer_sync on rocker port remove.
> 
> v2: Per Jiri review comment: add BR_DEFAULT_AGEING_TIME to defines
> 
> Siva originally proposed skipping externally added FDB entries in the bridge's
> FDB garbage collection func, and moving the ageing of externally added entries
> to the port driver/device.  This broke rocker, since rocker didn't have a
> hardware (or software) mechanism for ageing out its learned FDB entries.
> 
> This patchset reintroduces Siva's bridge driver patch to skip externally added
> entries and adds support in rocker so rocker can age out its own entries.
> Rocker does this using a software timer similar to the bridge's FDB garbage
> collection timer.  Other switchdev devices/drivers can use this software timer
> method or program the device to nofity aged-out entries to the driver.
> 
> Updated switchdev.txt documentation to reflect current state-of-the-art.  This
> removes one more XXX todo comment in switchdev.txt.

Series applied, thanks Scott.
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