netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 5/5] bridge: update vlan dev link state for bridge netdev changes

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Date:   Fri, 19 Apr 2019 14:59:05 +0300
From:   Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:     Mike Manning <mmanning@...tta.att-mail.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, roopa@...ulusnetworks.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 5/5] bridge: update vlan dev link state for
 bridge netdev changes

On 18/04/2019 20:35, Mike Manning wrote:
> If vlan bridge binding is enabled, then the link state of a vlan device
> that is an upper device of the bridge tracks the state of bridge ports
> that are members of that vlan. But this can only be done when the link
> state of the bridge is up. If it is down, then the link state of the
> vlan devices must also be down. This is to maintain existing behavior
> for when STP is enabled and there are no live ports, in which case the
> link state for the bridge and any vlan devices is down.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mike Manning <mmanning@...tta.att-mail.com>
> ---
>  net/bridge/br_vlan.c | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 

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