netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: bridge: allow to add externally learned entries from user-space

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Date:   Thu, 23 Mar 2017 21:47:57 +0200
From:   Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>
To:     Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, idosch@...lanox.com, jiri@...nulli.us,
        stephen@...workplumber.org, bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        roopa@...ulusnetworks.com, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: bridge: allow to add externally
 learned entries from user-space

On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 12:27:13PM +0200, Nikolay Aleksandrov wrote:
> The NTF_EXT_LEARNED flag was added for switchdev and externally learned
> entries, but it can also be used for entries learned via a software
> in user-space which requires dynamic entries that do not expire.
> One such case that we have is with quagga and evpn which need dynamic
> entries but also require to age them themselves.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>

Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>