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

[Vivien Didelot]

Hi David,

David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> From: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Fri, 13 May 2016 21:28:28 -0400
>
>> 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?
>
> I applied this to net-next, thanks.

Do we want to send this fix to -net as well?

Thanks,

        Vivien