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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [patch net-next 0/7] mlxsw: Offload FDB learning configuration
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 09:41:30 -0700 (PDT)
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From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 12:00:22 +0200

> From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com>
> 
> Ido says:
> This patchset addresses two long standing issues in the mlxsw driver
> concerning FDB learning.
> 
> Patch 1 limits the number of FDB records processed by the driver in a
> single session. This is useful in situations in which many new records
> need to be processed, thereby causing the RTNL mutex to be held for
> long periods of time.
> 
> Patches 2-6 offload the learning configuration (on / off) of bridge
> ports to the device instead of having the driver decide whether a
> record needs to be learned or not.
> 
> The last patch is fallout and removes configuration no longer necessary
> after the first patches are applied.

Looks good, series applied, thanks!