On 11/09/2017 11:30 AM, Andrew Lunn wrote: >> This means that switchdev drivers won't ever have to treat a HOST_MDB >> notification any differently than a PORT_MDB notification > > No, they need to treat it very differently.
Allow me to rephrase, switchdev drivers will ignore HOST_MDB notifications because that does not resolve to something they can do something about. > > A PORT_MDB says that frames for a group should be sent out that port. > So it probably needs to iterate all the ports in the bridge and add a > match/action to each port saying frames coming in for that group > should be sent out the port listed in the PORT_MDB. > > A HOST_MDB say that frames for a group coming in from the port listed > in the HOST_MDB must be sent to the host. The match/action applies > directly to the port, other ports are not involved. Fine, then add a boolean to the PORT_MDB notification that says ingress or egress and voila, or am I missing something? -- Florian
