netdev - Re: [PATCH 8/8] dpaa2-switch: cleanup the egress flood of an unused FDB

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Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2023 20:04:55 -0800
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@....com>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/8] dpaa2-switch: cleanup the egress flood of an unused
 FDB

On Mon,  4 Dec 2023 18:35:28 +0200 Ioana Ciornei wrote:
> In case a switch interface is joining a bridge, its FDB might change. In
> case this happens, we have to recreate the egress flood setup of the FDB
> that we just left. For this to happen, keep track of the old FDB and
> just call dpaa2_switch_fdb_set_egress_flood() on it.

Is this not a fix? FWIW the commit message is a bit hard to parse,
rephrasing would help..