netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] Documentation: networking: Clarify switchdev devices behavior

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Message-ID: <20190104135837.GB11955@splinter>
Date:   Fri, 4 Jan 2019 13:58:40 +0000
From:   Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
To:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
CC:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "andrew@...n.ch" <andrew@...n.ch>, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>,
        "vivien.didelot@...il.com" <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        "nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com" <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>,
        "roopa@...ulusnetworks.com" <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>,
        "bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org" 
        <bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
        "cphealy@...il.com" <cphealy@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] Documentation: networking: Clarify switchdev
 devices behavior

On Thu, Jan 03, 2019 at 02:47:02PM -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> +A switchdev driver can also refuse to support dynamic toggling of the VLAN
> +filtering knob at runtime and require a destruction of the bridge device(s) and
> +a creation of new bridge device(s) with a different VLAN filtering value to
> +ensure VLAN awareness is pushed down to the HW.

...

> +Similarly to VLAN filtering, if dynamic toggling of the IGMP snooping

I think you meant to continue this sentence with something about vetoing
the operation. Note that it is not currently possible as
br_mc_disabled_update() returns void. Can be extended if needed.

> -- 
> 2.17.1
>