Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] net: core: Notify on changes to dev->promiscuity.

[Andrew Lunn]

> Wait, I believe there has been some misundestanding. Promisc mode is NOT
> about getting packets to the cpu. It's about setting hw filters in a way
> that no rx packet is dropped.
> 
> If you want to get packets from the hw forwarding dataplane to cpu, you
> should not use promisc mode for that. That would be incorrect.

Hi Jiri

I'm not sure a wireshark/tcpdump/pcap user would agree with you. They
want to see packets on an interface, so they use these tools. The fact
that the interface is a switch interface should not matter. The
switchdev model is that we try to hide away the interface happens to
be on a switch, you can just use it as normal. So why should promisc
mode not work as normal?
 
> If you want to get packets from the hw forwarding dataplane to cpu, you
> should use tc trap action. It is there exactly for this purpose.

Do you really think a wireshark/tcpdump/pcap user should need to use
tc trap for the special case the interface is a switch port? Doesn't that
break the switchdev model?

tc trap is more about fine grained selection of packets. Also, it
seems like trapped packets are not forwarded, which is not what you
would expect from wireshark/tcpdump/pcap.

      Andrew