netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 5/8] bridge: Add SWITCHDEV_FDB_FLUSH_TO

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Date:   Mon, 14 Sep 2020 14:38:33 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     jwi@...ux.ibm.com
Cc:     kuba@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, hca@...ux.ibm.com,
        ubraun@...ux.ibm.com, kgraul@...ux.ibm.com, wintera@...ux.ibm.com,
        roopa@...dia.com, nikolay@...dia.com, jiri@...nulli.us,
        ivecera@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 5/8] bridge: Add SWITCHDEV_FDB_FLUSH_TO_BRIDGE
 notifier

From: Julian Wiedmann <jwi@...ux.ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2020 19:23:48 +0200

> From: Alexandra Winter <wintera@...ux.ibm.com>
> 
> so the switchdev can notifiy the bridge to flush non-permanent fdb entries
> for this port. This is useful whenever the hardware fdb of the switchdev
> is reset, but the netdev and the bridgeport are not deleted.
> 
> Note that this has the same effect as the IFLA_BRPORT_FLUSH attribute.
> 
> CC: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
> CC: Ivan Vecera <ivecera@...hat.com>
> CC: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...dia.com>
> CC: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...dia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Alexandra Winter <wintera@...ux.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Julian Wiedmann <jwi@...ux.ibm.com>

This still needs review by bridge experts.

Thank you.