netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] mlxsw: Add neighbour offload indication

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Date:   Mon, 15 Apr 2019 13:29:36 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     idosch@...lanox.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jiri@...lanox.com, dsahern@...il.com,
        mlxsw@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] mlxsw: Add neighbour offload indication

From: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 18:57:46 +0000

> Neighbour entries are programmed to the device's table so that the
> correct destination MAC will be specified in a packet after it was
> routed.
> 
> Despite being programmed to the device and unlike routes and FDB
> entries, neighbour entries are currently not marked as offloaded. This
> patchset changes that.
> 
> Patch #1 is a preparatory patch to make sure we only mark a neighbour as
> offloaded in case it was successfully programmed to the device.
> 
> Patch #2 sets the offload indication on neighbours.
> 
> Patch #3 adds a test to verify above mentioned functionality.
> 
> Patched iproute2 version that prints the offload indication is available
> here [1].
> 
> [1] https://github.com/idosch/iproute2/tree/idosch-next

Series applied, thanks.