netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 1/8] net: switchdev: Add PORT_PRE_BRIDGE

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Message-ID: <20190221095551.GA26289@splinter>
Date:   Thu, 21 Feb 2019 09:55:53 +0000
From:   Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
To:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
CC:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:STAGING SUBSYSTEM" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
        "moderated list:ETHERNET BRIDGE" <bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>,
        "andrew@...n.ch" <andrew@...n.ch>,
        "vivien.didelot@...il.com" <vivien.didelot@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 1/8] net: switchdev: Add PORT_PRE_BRIDGE_FLAGS

On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 04:58:19PM -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> In preparation for removing switchdev_port_attr_get(), introduce
> PORT_PRE_BRIDGE_FLAGS which will be called through
> switchdev_port_attr_set(), in the caller's context (possibly atomic) and
> which must be checked by the switchdev driver in order to return whether
> the operation is supported or not.
> 
> This is entirely analoguous to how the BRIDGE_FLAGS_SUPPORT works,
> except it goes through a set() instead of get().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>

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