RE: [PATCH net] staging: fsl-dpaa2: ethsw: Add missing netdevice check

[Ioana Ciornei]

> Subject: Re: [PATCH net] staging: fsl-dpaa2: ethsw: Add missing netdevice check
> 
> Le 2/23/19 Ã 12:45 AM, Ioana Ciornei a ÃcritÂ:
> >
> >> Subject: [PATCH net] staging: fsl-dpaa2: ethsw: Add missing netdevice
> >> check
> >>
> >> port_switchdev_event() does not check that the target network device
> >> is actually backed by the ethsw driver, this could be problematic in
> >> a stacked environment case.
> >>
> >
> > Just FYI, I sent a patch set containing a similar patch verifying if the netdev is
> backed by the ethsw:
> > https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/2/6/216
> >
> > I sent the entire patch set against the staging tree.
> 
> Thank you. BTW do you have any plans for moving this driver out of staging? It
> looks pretty good to me to get promoted in tree, provided that you also have all
> the dependencies in place etc.

Driver dependencies such as the fsl-mc bus or the dpio driver are out of staging but not all the TODO items are yet implemented (most notably support for control traffic).
Do you think maybe we can move it now and submit directly to the netdev tree the other features?

Ioana C