netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 01/15] bridge: switchdev: Let device drivers determine FDB offload indication

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Message-ID: <20221108141626.eymqr6lomtppeaek@skbuf>
Date:   Tue, 8 Nov 2022 16:16:26 +0200
From:   Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
To:     Petr Machata <petrm@...dia.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Ivan Vecera <ivecera@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>,
        Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...dia.com>, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>,
        bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>,
        "Hans J . Schultz" <netdev@...io-technology.com>, mlxsw@...dia.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 01/15] bridge: switchdev: Let device drivers
 determine FDB offload indication

On Tue, Nov 08, 2022 at 11:47:07AM +0100, Petr Machata wrote:
> From: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>
> 
> Currently, FDB entries that are notified to the bridge via
> 'SWITCHDEV_FDB_ADD_TO_BRIDGE' are always marked as offloaded. With MAB
> enabled, this will no longer be universally true. Device drivers will
> report locked FDB entries to the bridge to let it know that the
> corresponding hosts required authorization, but it does not mean that
> these entries are necessarily programmed in the underlying hardware.
> 
> Solve this by determining the offload indication based of the
> 'offloaded' bit in the FDB notification.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>
> Reviewed-by: Petr Machata <petrm@...dia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Petr Machata <petrm@...dia.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>