netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: bridge: switchdev: include local flag in FDB notifications

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Date:   Wed, 14 Apr 2021 17:58:44 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
Cc:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@....com>,
        Vadym Kochan <vkochan@...vell.com>,
        Taras Chornyi <tchornyi@...vell.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>, Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>,
        Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@...com>,
        Ivan Vecera <ivecera@...hat.com>,
        Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...dia.com>,
        Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...dia.com>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
        Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>,
        Tobias Waldekranz <tobias@...dekranz.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: bridge: switchdev: include local flag
 in FDB notifications

> Let us now add the 'is_local' bit to bridge FDB entries, and make all
> drivers ignore these entries by their own choice.

Hi Vladimir

This goes to the question about the missing cover letter. Why should
drivers get to ignore them, rather than the core? It feels like there
should be another patch in the series, where a driver does not
actually ignore them, but does something?

	 Andrew