netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: remove bridge work

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Date:	Fri, 13 May 2016 21:28:28 -0400
From:	Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel@...oirfairelinux.com,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: remove bridge work

Hi David,

Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com> writes:

> Now that the bridge code defers the switchdev port state setting, there
> is no need to defer the port STP state change within the mv88e6xxx code.
> Thus get rid of the driver's bridge work code.
>
> This also fixes a race condition where the DSA layer assumes that the
> bridge code already set the unbridged port's STP state to Disabled
> before restoring the Forwarding state.
>
> As a consequence, this also fixes the FDB flush for the unbridged port
> which now correctly occurs during the Forwarding to Disabled transition.
>
> Fixes: 0bc05d585d38 ("switchdev: allow caller to explicitly request attr_set as deferred")
> Reported-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
> Signed-off-by: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>

This patch doesn't apply to -net, only applies to net-next...

How should I handle that, do I resend a patch for net-next with the good
subject prefix, and a v2 for -net?

Sorry for the noise,

      Vivien