netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] bridge: Add a sysctl to limit new brides FDB entries

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Date: Mon, 15 May 2023 12:35:47 +0300
From: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>
To: Johannes Nixdorf <jnixdorf-oss@....de>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org, "David S. Miller"
 <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
 Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
 Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] bridge: Add a sysctl to limit new brides FDB
 entries

On 15/05/2023 11:50, Johannes Nixdorf wrote:
> This is a convenience setting, which allows the administrator to limit
> the default limit of FDB entries for all created bridges, instead of
> having to set it for each created bridge using the netlink property.
> 
> The setting is network namespace local, and defaults to 0, which means
> unlimited, for backwards compatibility reasons.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Nixdorf <jnixdorf-oss@....de>
> ---
>  net/bridge/br.c         | 83 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  net/bridge/br_device.c  |  4 +-
>  net/bridge/br_private.h |  9 +++++
>  3 files changed, 95 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 

The bridge doesn't need private sysctls. Netlink is enough.
Nacked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>