From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] bridge: Let bridge not age 'externally' learnt FDB entries, they are removed when 'external' entity notifies the aging Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2015 13:51:23 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20150204.135123.1758781944610556479.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1422897714-5956-1-git-send-email-siva.mannem.lnx@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: siva.mannem.lnx@gmail.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:38929 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932593AbbBDVvZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Feb 2015 16:51:25 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1422897714-5956-1-git-send-email-siva.mannem.lnx@gmail.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Siva Mannem Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2015 22:51:54 +0530 > When 'learned_sync' flag is turned on, the offloaded switch > port syncs learned MAC addresses to bridge's FDB via switchdev notifier > (NETDEV_SWITCH_FDB_ADD). Currently, FDB entries learnt via this mechanism are > wrongly being deleted by bridge aging logic. This patch ensures that FDB > entries synced from offloaded switch ports are not deleted by bridging logic. > Such entries can only be deleted via switchdev notifier > (NETDEV_SWITCH_FDB_DEL). > > Signed-off-by: Siva Mannem Applied, thanks.