Re: [PATCH net] net: dsa: tag_brcm: do not mark link local traffic as offloaded

From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
Date: Mon Nov 10 2025 - 20:40:51 EST


Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>:

On Sun, 9 Nov 2025 14:46:35 +0100 you wrote:
> Broadcom switches locally terminate link local traffic and do not
> forward it, so we should not mark it as offloaded.
>
> In some situations we still want/need to flood this traffic, e.g. if STP
> is disabled, or it is explicitly enabled via the group_fwd_mask. But if
> the skb is marked as offloaded, the kernel will assume this was already
> done in hardware, and the packets never reach other bridge ports.
>
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
- [net] net: dsa: tag_brcm: do not mark link local traffic as offloaded
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/762e7e174da9

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