Re: [PATCH net] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: remove bridge work

From: Vivien Didelot
Date: Fri May 13 2016 - 21:29:00 EST


Hi David,

Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Now that the bridge code defers the switchdev port state setting, there
> is no need to defer the port STP state change within the mv88e6xxx code.
> Thus get rid of the driver's bridge work code.
>
> This also fixes a race condition where the DSA layer assumes that the
> bridge code already set the unbridged port's STP state to Disabled
> before restoring the Forwarding state.
>
> As a consequence, this also fixes the FDB flush for the unbridged port
> which now correctly occurs during the Forwarding to Disabled transition.
>
> Fixes: 0bc05d585d38 ("switchdev: allow caller to explicitly request attr_set as deferred")
> Reported-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

This patch doesn't apply to -net, only applies to net-next...

How should I handle that, do I resend a patch for net-next with the good
subject prefix, and a v2 for -net?

Sorry for the noise,

Vivien