netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: dsa: microchip: add switch offload forwarding support

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Date:   Mon, 11 Feb 2019 12:49:31 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     Tristram.Ha@...rochip.com
Cc:     sergio.paracuellos@...il.com, andrew@...n.ch, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        pavel@....cz, UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: dsa: microchip: add switch offload forwarding
 support

From: <Tristram.Ha@...rochip.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2019 20:05:58 -0800

> From: Tristram Ha <Tristram.Ha@...rochip.com>
> 
> The flag offload_fwd_mark is set as the switch can forward frames by
> itself.
> 
> This can be considered a fix to a problem introduced in commit
> c2e866911e254067 where the port membership are not set in sync.  The flag
> offload_fwd_mark just needs to be set in tag_ksz.c to prevent the software
> bridge from forwarding duplicate multicast frames.
> 
> Fixes: c2e866911e254067 ("microchip: break KSZ9477 DSA driver into two files")
> Signed-off-by: Tristram Ha <Tristram.Ha@...rochip.com>

Applied, thank you.