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Message-ID: <YRRDcGWaWHgBkNhQ@shredder>
Date:   Thu, 12 Aug 2021 00:38:56 +0300
From:   Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>
To:     DENG Qingfang <dqfext@...il.com>
Cc:     Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...dia.com>,
        Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...dia.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "moderated list:ETHERNET BRIDGE" <bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
        "open list:ETHERNET BRIDGE" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: bridge: switchdev: allow port isolation to
 be offloaded

On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 09:52:46PM +0800, DENG Qingfang wrote:
> Add BR_ISOLATED flag to BR_PORT_FLAGS_HW_OFFLOAD, to allow switchdev
> drivers to offload port isolation.
> 
> Suggested-by: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: DENG Qingfang <dqfext@...il.com>
> ---
>  net/bridge/br_switchdev.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/bridge/br_switchdev.c b/net/bridge/br_switchdev.c
> index 6bf518d78f02..898257153883 100644
> --- a/net/bridge/br_switchdev.c
> +++ b/net/bridge/br_switchdev.c
> @@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ bool nbp_switchdev_allowed_egress(const struct net_bridge_port *p,
>  
>  /* Flags that can be offloaded to hardware */
>  #define BR_PORT_FLAGS_HW_OFFLOAD (BR_LEARNING | BR_FLOOD | \
> -				  BR_MCAST_FLOOD | BR_BCAST_FLOOD)
> +				  BR_MCAST_FLOOD | BR_BCAST_FLOOD | \
> +				  BR_ISOLATED)

Why add it now and not as part of a patchset that actually makes use of
the flag in a driver that offloads port isolation?

>  
>  int br_switchdev_set_port_flag(struct net_bridge_port *p,
>  			       unsigned long flags,
> -- 
> 2.25.1
>