>
> Hi Hans,
> So this approach has a fundamental problem, f->dst is changed without any 
> synchronization
> you cannot rely on it and thus you cannot account for these entries properly. 
> We must be very
> careful if we try to add any new synchronization not to affect performance as 
> well.
> More below...
>
>> @@ -319,6 +326,9 @@ static void fdb_delete(struct net_bridge *br, struct 
>> net_bridge_fdb_entry *f,
>>      if (test_bit(BR_FDB_STATIC, &f->flags))
>>              fdb_del_hw_addr(br, f->key.addr.addr);
>>  
>> +    if (test_bit(BR_FDB_ENTRY_LOCKED, &f->flags) && 
>> !test_bit(BR_FDB_OFFLOADED, &f->flags))
>> +            atomic_dec(&f->dst->locked_entry_cnt);
>
> Sorry but you cannot do this for multiple reasons:
>  - f->dst can be NULL
>  - f->dst changes without any synchronization
>  - there is no synchronization between fdb's flags and its ->dst
>
> Cheers,
>  Nik

Hi Nik,

if a port is decoupled from the bridge, the locked entries would of
course be invalid, so maybe if adding and removing a port is accounted
for wrt locked entries and the count of locked entries, would that not
work?

Best,
Hans

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