Re: [PATCH v8 net-next 03/12] net: bridge: enable bridge to install locked fdb entries from drivers

[netdev]

On 2022-10-20 14:55, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 06:56:10PM +0200, Hans J. Schultz wrote:
> > diff --git a/net/bridge/br_switchdev.c b/net/bridge/br_switchdev.c
> > index 8f3d76c751dd..c6b938c01a74 100644
> > --- a/net/bridge/br_switchdev.c
> > +++ b/net/bridge/br_switchdev.c
> > @@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ static void br_switchdev_fdb_populate(struct 
> > net_bridge *br,
> >  	item->added_by_user = test_bit(BR_FDB_ADDED_BY_USER, &fdb->flags);
> >  	item->offloaded = test_bit(BR_FDB_OFFLOADED, &fdb->flags);
> >  	item->is_local = test_bit(BR_FDB_LOCAL, &fdb->flags);
> > +	item->locked = test_bit(BR_FDB_LOCKED, &fdb->flags);
>
> Shouldn't this be set to 0 here, since it is the bridge->driver
> direction?

Wouldn't it be a good idea to allow drivers to add what corresponds to a 
blackhole
entry when using the bridge input chain to activate the MAB feature, or 
in general
to leave the decision of what to do to the driver implementation?