netdev - RE: [PATCH iproute2] bridge: fdb: add an error print for unknown command

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Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2023 06:36:18 +0000
From: Amit Cohen <amcohen@...dia.com>
To: "dsahern@...il.com" <dsahern@...il.com>
CC: "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, mlxsw
	<mlxsw@...dia.com>, "stephen@...workplumber.org"
	<stephen@...workplumber.org>, "razor@...ckwall.org" <razor@...ckwall.org>,
	Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...dia.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH iproute2] bridge: fdb: add an error print for unknown
 command

> -----Original Message-----
> From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org <patchwork-
> bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org>
> Sent: Friday, 13 October 2023 5:40
> To: Amit Cohen <amcohen@...dia.com>
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org; mlxsw <mlxsw@...dia.com>;
> dsahern@...il.com; stephen@...workplumber.org; razor@...ckwall.org;
> Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...dia.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2] bridge: fdb: add an error print for unknown
> command
> 
> Hello:
> 
> This patch was applied to iproute2/iproute2.git (main)
> by Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>:
> 
> On Tue, 10 Oct 2023 12:57:50 +0300 you wrote:
> > Commit 6e1ca489c5a2 ("bridge: fdb: add new flush command") added
> support
> > for "bridge fdb flush" command. This commit did not handle unsupported
> > keywords, they are just ignored.
> >
> > Add an error print to notify the user when a keyword which is not supported
> > is used. The kernel will be extended to support flush with VXLAN device,
> > so new attributes will be supported (e.g., vni, port). When iproute-2 does
> > not warn for unsupported keyword, user might think that the flush
> command
> > works, although the iproute-2 version is too old and it does not send VXLAN
> > attributes to the kernel.
> >
> > [...]
> 
> Here is the summary with links:
>   - [iproute2] bridge: fdb: add an error print for unknown command
> 
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/iproute2/iproute2.git/commit/?id=f
> 1160a0f6bb3
> 
> You are awesome, thank you!
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> 

Hi David,
Can you please merge it to iproute2-next?
I want to send patch-set to extend "flush" command.

Thanks,
Amit