On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 11:49:58PM +0200, Hans Schultz wrote:
> My first approach was to use the SWITCHDEV_FDB_ADD_TO_BRIDGE event
> and not the SWITCHDEV_FDB_OFFLOADED event as the first would set the
> external learned flag which is not aged out by the bridge.

Link to patch? I don't see any SWITCHDEV_FDB_ADD_TO_BRIDGE call in
either the v1:
https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/[email protected]/
or the RFC:
https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/[email protected]/
and the change log does not mention it either.

> I have at some point earlier asked why there would be two quite
> equivalent flags and what the difference between them are, but I didn't
> get a response.

Actually, the part which you are now posing as a question (what is the
difference?) was part of the premise of your earlier question (there is
no difference => why do we have both?).
https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/[email protected]/

I believe that no one answered because the question was confused and it
wasn't really clear what you were asking.

> 
> Now I see the difference and that I cannot use the offloaded flag
> without changing the behaviour of the system as I actually change the
> behaviour of the offloaded flag in this version of the patch-set.
> 
> So if the idea of a 'synthetically' learned fdb entry from the driver
> using the SWITCHDEV_FDB_ADD_TO_BRIDGE event from the driver towards the
> bridge instead is accepted, I can go with that?
> (thus removing all the changes in the patch-set regarding the offloaded
> flag ofcourse)

which idea is that, again?

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