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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: nikolay@cumulusnetworks.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org,
	wkok@cumulusnetworks.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] bridge: skip fdb add if the port shouldn't learn
Date: Sun, 24 May 2015 22:59:02 -0400 (EDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150524.225902.2017701461230237731.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1432204977-4293-1-git-send-email-nikolay@cumulusnetworks.com>

From: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@cumulusnetworks.com>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 03:42:57 -0700

> From: Wilson Kok <wkok@cumulusnetworks.com>
> 
> Check in fdb_add_entry() if the source port should learn, similar
> check is used in br_fdb_update.
> Note that new fdb entries which are added manually or
> as local ones are still permitted.
> This patch has been tested by running traffic via a bridge port and
> switching the port's state, also by manually adding/removing entries
> from the bridge's fdb.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wilson Kok <wkok@cumulusnetworks.com>
> Signed-off-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@cumulusnetworks.com>
> ---
> Nik: Maybe it'd be better if we returned an error even though it
>      doesn't look necessary. I'm open to suggestions.

If you don't return an error, then rtnetlink.c is going to emit a
NEWNEIGH netlink message.  I seriously doubt we want that to happen.

  reply	other threads:[~2015-05-25  2:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-05-21 10:42 [PATCH net-next] bridge: skip fdb add if the port shouldn't learn Nikolay Aleksandrov
2015-05-25  2:59 ` David Miller [this message]
2015-05-25 11:35   ` Nikolay Aleksandrov
2015-05-25 11:41   ` Nikolay Aleksandrov
2015-05-25 13:39 ` [PATCH net-next v2] " Nikolay Aleksandrov
2015-05-26 17:28 ` [PATCH net-next] " Stephen Hemminger
2015-05-27  7:05   ` Nikolay Aleksandrov
2015-05-27  7:59     ` Scott Feldman
2015-05-27  8:35       ` Nikolay Aleksandrov
2015-05-27 16:01         ` Scott Feldman
2015-05-27 16:14           ` Nikolay Aleksandrov
2015-05-27 20:41             ` Scott Feldman
2015-06-02 17:14           ` roopa
2015-06-03  5:57             ` Scott Feldman
2015-06-04  8:14               ` Nikolay Aleksandrov

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