Re: [RFC net-next (resend) 1/4] net: bridge: respect sticky flag on external learn
From: Elliot Ayrey
Date: Sun Nov 24 2024 - 16:02:06 EST
On Sat, 2024-11-09 at 15:32 +0200, Nikolay Aleksandrov wrote:
> So you have a sticky fdb entry added, but it is still allowed to roam
> in HW?
No the hardware has informed us a host has _tried_ to roam.
As I think about this more, using the sticky bit alone probably isn't
the best idea and it might be better if this mechanism were related to
a port being locked? After all the port being locked in hardware is
what generates this event.