netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net] net: bridge: switchdev: don't notify FDB entries with "master dynamic"

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Date:   Thu, 20 Apr 2023 07:50:18 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, kuba@...nel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
        edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com, idosch@...dia.com,
        netdev@...io-technology.com, roopa@...dia.com, razor@...ckwall.org,
        ivecera@...hat.com, jiri@...nulli.us, jesse.brandeburg@...el.com,
        bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net] net: bridge: switchdev: don't notify FDB entries with
 "master dynamic"

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>:

On Tue, 18 Apr 2023 18:59:02 +0300 you wrote:
> There is a structural problem in switchdev, where the flag bits in
> struct switchdev_notifier_fdb_info (added_by_user, is_local etc) only
> represent a simplified / denatured view of what's in struct
> net_bridge_fdb_entry :: flags (BR_FDB_ADDED_BY_USER, BR_FDB_LOCAL etc).
> Each time we want to pass more information about struct
> net_bridge_fdb_entry :: flags to struct switchdev_notifier_fdb_info
> (here, BR_FDB_STATIC), we find that FDB entries were already notified to
> switchdev with no regard to this flag, and thus, switchdev drivers had
> no indication whether the notified entries were static or not.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [v2,net] net: bridge: switchdev: don't notify FDB entries with "master dynamic"
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/927cdea5d209

You are awesome, thank you!
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