Re: [PATCH net-next] net: bridge: offload BR_HAIRPIN_MODE, BR_ISOLATED, BR_MULTICAST_TO_UNICAST

[Ido Schimmel]

On Sun, Apr 10, 2022 at 04:42:27PM +0300, Arınç ÜNAL wrote:
> Add BR_HAIRPIN_MODE, BR_ISOLATED and BR_MULTICAST_TO_UNICAST port flags to
> BR_PORT_FLAGS_HW_OFFLOAD so that switchdev drivers which have an offloaded
> data plane have a chance to reject these bridge port flags if they don't
> support them yet.
> 
> It makes the code path go through the
> SWITCHDEV_ATTR_ID_PORT_PRE_BRIDGE_FLAGS driver handlers, which return
> -EINVAL for everything they don't recognize.
> 
> For drivers that don't catch SWITCHDEV_ATTR_ID_PORT_PRE_BRIDGE_FLAGS at
> all, switchdev will return -EOPNOTSUPP for those which is then ignored, but
> those are in the minority.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arınç ÜNAL <arinc.unal@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> Let me know if this is netdev/net material instead.

I prefer net-next