From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v4 0/8] Managing the forwarding database(FDB) Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 08:48:59 +0300 Message-ID: <20120503054859.GH8266@redhat.com> References: <20120415163905.14091.30491.stgit@jf-dev1-dcblab> <20120415.130637.2258594023349277277.davem@davemloft.net> <20120502150830.GA2976@redhat.com> <4FA1ACA1.2080808@intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: shemminger@vyatta.com, bhutchings@solarflare.com, sri@us.ibm.com, hadi@cyberus.ca, jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, gregory.v.rose@intel.com, krkumar2@in.ibm.com, roprabhu@cisco.com To: John Fastabend Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:2872 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752374Ab2ECFuI (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 May 2012 01:50:08 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4FA1ACA1.2080808@intel.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, May 02, 2012 at 02:52:33PM -0700, John Fastabend wrote: > On 5/2/2012 8:08 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 01:06:37PM -0400, David Miller wrote: > >> From: John Fastabend > >> Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 09:43:51 -0700 > >> > >>> The following series is a submission for net-next to allow > >>> embedded switches and other stacked devices other then the > >>> Linux bridge to manage a forwarding database. > >>> > >>> Previously discussed here, > >>> > >>> http://lists.openwall.net/netdev/2012/03/19/26 > >>> > >>> v4: propagate return codes correctly for ndo_dflt_Fdb_dump() > >>> > >>> v3: resolve the macvlan patch 8/8 to fix a dev_set_promiscuity() > >>> error and add the flags field to change and get link routines. > >>> > >>> v2: addressed feedback from Ben Hutchings resolving a typo in the > >>> multicast add/del routines and improving the error handling > >>> when both NTF_SELF and NTF_MASTER are set. > >>> > >>> I've tested this with 'br' tool published by Stephen Hemminger > >>> soon to be renamed 'bridge' I believe and various traffic > >>> generators mostly pktgen, ping, and netperf. > >> > >> All applied, if we need any more tweaks we can just add them > >> on top of this work. > >> > >> Thanks John. > > > > John, do you plan to update kvm userspace to use this interface? > > > > No immediate plans. I would really appreciate it if you or one > of the IBM developers working in this space took it on. Of course > if no one steps up I guess I can eventually get at it but it will > be sometime. For now I've been doing this manually with the bridge > tool yet to be published. > > .John It'll be easier once you publish the tool, qemu can just run scripts like it does for ifup/ifdown now. -- MST