netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] bridge: Allow max MTU when multiple VLANs present

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Message-ID: <0bc6231f-f12d-f70a-285b-916586ce6948@cumulusnetworks.com>
Date:   Thu, 22 Mar 2018 22:21:18 +0200
From:   Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:     Chas Williams <3chas3@...il.com>, davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, stephen@...workplumber.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] bridge: Allow max MTU when multiple VLANs
 present

On 22/03/18 17:34, Chas Williams wrote:
> If the bridge is allowing multiple VLANs, some VLANs may have
> different MTUs.  Instead of choosing the minimum MTU for the
> bridge interface, choose the maximum MTU of the bridge members.
> With this the user only needs to set a larger MTU on the member
> ports that are participating in the large MTU VLANS.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chas Williams <3chas3@...il.com>
> ---
>  net/bridge/br.c         |  2 +-
>  net/bridge/br_device.c  |  2 +-
>  net/bridge/br_if.c      | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++----
>  net/bridge/br_private.h |  2 +-
>  4 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>