netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 0/4] net: dsa: Multi-CPU ground work (v3)

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Date:   Tue, 13 Jun 2017 16:11:13 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     f.fainelli@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, andrew@...n.ch,
        vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com, john@...ozen.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 0/4] net: dsa: Multi-CPU ground work (v3)

From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2017 12:17:21 -0700

> This patch series prepares the ground for adding mutliple CPU port support to
> DSA, and starts by removing redundant pieces of information such as
> master_netdev which is cpu_dp->ethernet. Finally drivers are moved away from
> directly accessing ds->dst->cpu_dp and use appropriate helper functions.
> 
> Note that if you have Device Tree blobs/platform configurations that are
> currently listing multiple CPU ports, the proposed behavior in
> dsa_ds_get_cpu_dp() will be to return the last bit set in ds->cpu_port_mask.
> 
> Future plans include:
> - making dst->cpu_dp a flexible data structure (array, list, you name it)
> - having the ability for drivers to return a default/preferred CPU port (if
>   necessary)
 ...

Series applied, thanks Florian.