netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 00/10] bridge: Allow keeping local FDB entries only on VLAN 0

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Message-ID: <20250911190504.7c37761f@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2025 19:05:04 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Petr Machata <petrm@...dia.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet
 <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
 <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>, Nikolay
 Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>, Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>,
 <bridge@...ts.linux.dev>, <mlxsw@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 00/10] bridge: Allow keeping local FDB entries
 only on VLAN 0

On Thu, 4 Sep 2025 19:07:17 +0200 Petr Machata wrote:
> The bridge FDB contains one local entry per port per VLAN, for the MAC of
> the port in question, and likewise for the bridge itself. This allows
> bridge to locally receive and punt "up" any packets whose destination MAC
> address matches that of one of the bridge interfaces or of the bridge
> itself.

Alright, I'll admit I don't have a better solution..
And my attempts to stir up controversy have failed :)