netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 2/6] net: dsa: propagate flags down towards drivers

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Message-ID: <87zg7lj83u.fsf@kapio-technology.com>
Date:   Thu, 06 Apr 2023 18:20:05 +0200
From:   Hans Schultz <netdev@...io-technology.com>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 2/6] net: dsa: propagate flags down towards
 drivers

On Thu, Apr 06, 2023 at 18:21, Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 06, 2023 at 05:17:46PM +0200, Hans Schultz wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 18:07, Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com> wrote:
>> > As a bug fix, stop reporting to switchdev those FDB entries with
>> > BR_FDB_ADDED_BY_USER && !BR_FDB_STATIC. Then, after "net" is merged into
>> > "net-next" next Thursday (the ship has sailed for today), add "bool static"
>> 
>> It is probably too late today (now I have a Debian based VM that can do
>> the selftests), but with this bug fix I have 1) not submitted bug fixes
>> before and 2) it probably needs an appropriate explanation, where I
>> don't know the problem well enough for general switchcores to submit
>> with a suitable text.
>
> Do you want me to try to submit this change as a bug fix?

I think that would be fine as you would know the matter best.