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Subject: Re: [Bridge] [PATCH net-next v5 02/14] bridge: Add vlan filtering
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The problem with your approach is that it 
adds a hash lookup in the packet process critical path.

Also the concept of different filters for egress vs ingress is feature
madness. It doesn't make sense to have half-duplex connectivity.