Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: Never offload FDB entries on standalone ports

From: Vladimir Oltean
Date: Tue Mar 15 2022 - 19:00:58 EST


On Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 11:50:18PM +0100, Tobias Waldekranz wrote:
> If a port joins a bridge that it can't offload, it will fallback to
> standalone mode and software bridging. In this case, we never want to
> offload any FDB entries to hardware either.
>
> Fixes: c26933639b54 ("net: dsa: request drivers to perform FDB isolation")

Do you mind if you resend and you explain in the commit message what is
the impact and why you chose this Fixes: tag?

> Signed-off-by: Tobias Waldekranz <tobias@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> net/dsa/slave.c | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/net/dsa/slave.c b/net/dsa/slave.c
> index f9cecda791d5..d24b6bf845c1 100644
> --- a/net/dsa/slave.c
> +++ b/net/dsa/slave.c
> @@ -2847,6 +2847,9 @@ static int dsa_slave_fdb_event(struct net_device *dev,
> if (ctx && ctx != dp)
> return 0;
>
> + if (!dp->bridge)
> + return 0;
> +
> if (switchdev_fdb_is_dynamically_learned(fdb_info)) {
> if (dsa_port_offloads_bridge_port(dp, orig_dev))
> return 0;
> --
> 2.25.1
>