netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 8/8] dpaa2-switch: cleanup the egress flood of an unused FDB

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Message-ID: <20231215115843.GH6288@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2023 11:58:43 +0000
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@....com>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 8/8] dpaa2-switch: cleanup the egress flood
 of an unused FDB

On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 02:14:11PM +0200, Ioana Ciornei wrote:
> In case a DPAA2 switch interface joins a bridge, the FDB used on the
> port will be changed to the one associated with the bridge. What this
> means exactly is that any VLAN installed on the port will need to be
> removed and then installed back so that it points to the new FDB.
> 
> Once this is done, the previous FDB will become unused (no VLAN to
> point to it). Even though no traffic will reach this FDB, it's best to
> just cleanup the state of the FDB by zeroing its egress flood domain.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@....com>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>