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Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2023 09:12:41 +0100
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On Fri, Feb 03, 2023 at 10:44:22PM +0200, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 03, 2023 at 09:20:22AM +0100, Simon Horman wrote:
> > > else if (someflag)
> > >         dosomething();
> > > 
> > > For now only one flag will actually be set and they are mutually exclusive,
> > > as they will not make sense together with the potential flags I know, but
> > > that can change at some time of course.
> > 
> > Yes, I see that is workable. I do feel that checking for other flags would
> > be a bit more robust. But as you say, there are none. So whichever
> > approach you prefer is fine by me.
> 
> The model we have for unsupported bits in the SWITCHDEV_ATTR_ID_PORT_PRE_BRIDGE_FLAGS
> and SWITCHDEV_ATTR_ID_PORT_BRIDGE_FLAGS handlers is essentially this:
> 
> 	if (flags & ~(supported_flag_mask))
> 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> 
> 	if (flags & supported_flag_1)
> 		...
> 
> 	if (flags & supported_flag_2)
> 		...
> 
> I suppose applying this model here would address Simon's extensibility concern.

Yes, that is the model I had in mind.