On 08/06/17 09:44, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> From: Arkadi Sharshevsky <[email protected]>
> 
> Currently the bridge doesn't notify the underlying devices about new
> FDBs learned. The FDB sync is placed on the switchdev notifier chain
> because devices may potentially learn FDB that are not directly related
> to their ports, for example:
> 
> 1. Mixed SW/HW bridge - FDBs that point to the ASICs external devices
>                         should be offloaded as CPU traps in order to
>                       perform forwarding in slow path.
> 2. EVPN - Externally learned FDBs for the vtep device.
> 
> Notification is sent only about static FDB add/del. This is done due
> to fact that currently this is the only scenario supported by switch
> drivers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arkadi Sharshevsky <[email protected]>
> Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <[email protected]>
> ---
>  .../ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_switchdev.c   |  2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker_ofdpa.c         |  4 +--
>  include/net/switchdev.h                            |  6 ++--
>  net/bridge/br.c                                    |  4 +--
>  net/bridge/br_fdb.c                                |  2 ++
>  net/bridge/br_private.h                            |  7 +++++
>  net/bridge/br_switchdev.c                          | 33 
> ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  7 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <[email protected]>


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