Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: dsa: Prevent usage of NET_DSA_TAG_8021Q as tagging protocol

[David Miller]

From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 20:38:46 -0800

> It is possible for a switch driver to use NET_DSA_TAG_8021Q as a valid
> DSA tagging protocol since it registers itself as such, unfortunately
> since there are not xmit or rcv functions provided, the lack of a xmit()
> function will lead to a NPD in dsa_slave_xmit() to start with.
> 
> net/dsa/tag_8021q.c is only comprised of a set of helper functions at
> the moment, but is not a fully autonomous or functional tagging "driver"
> (though it could become later on). We do not have any users of
> NET_DSA_TAG_8021Q so now is a good time to make sure there are not
> issues being encountered by making this file strictly a place holder for
> helper functions.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thanks.