netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 3/5] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Flood all traffic classes on standalone ports

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Message-ID: <20210316091951.7pdjur7gy52ebwid@skbuf>
Date:   Tue, 16 Mar 2021 11:19:51 +0200
From:   Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
To:     Tobias Waldekranz <tobias@...dekranz.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, andrew@...n.ch,
        vivien.didelot@...il.com, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 3/5] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Flood all traffic
 classes on standalone ports

On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 10:13:58PM +0100, Tobias Waldekranz wrote:
> In accordance with the comment in dsa_port_bridge_leave, standalone
> ports shall be configured to flood all types of traffic. This change
> aligns the mv88e6xxx driver with that policy.
> 
> Previously a standalone port would initially not egress any unknown
> traffic, but after joining and then leaving a bridge, it would.
> 
> This does not matter that much since we only ever send FROM_CPUs on
> standalone ports, but it seems prudent to make sure that the initial
> values match those that are applied after a bridging/unbridging cycle.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tobias Waldekranz <tobias@...dekranz.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>