Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 0/6] Rework DSA bridge TX forwarding offload API

[Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>]

On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 07:26:19PM +0300, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> This change set replaces struct net_device *dp->bridge_dev with a
> struct dsa_bridge *dp->bridge that contains some extra information about
> that bridge, like a unique number kept by DSA.
> 
> Up until now we computed that number only with the bridge TX forwarding
> offload feature, but it will be needed for other features too, like for
> isolation of FDB entries belonging to different bridges. Hardware
> implementations vary, but one common pattern seems to be the presence of
> a FID field which can be associated with that bridge number kept by DSA.
> The idea was outlined here:
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/netdevbpf/patch/20210818120150.892647-16-vladimir.oltean@nxp.com/
> (the difference being that with this new proposal, drivers would not
> need to call dsa_bridge_num_find, instead the bridge_num would be part
> of the struct dsa_bridge :: num passed as argument).
> 
> No functional change intended.
> 
> Vladimir Oltean (6):
>   net: dsa: make dp->bridge_num one-based
>   net: dsa: assign a bridge number even without TX forwarding offload
>   net: dsa: hide dp->bridge_dev and dp->bridge_num behind helpers
>   net: dsa: rename dsa_port_offloads_bridge to
>     dsa_port_offloads_bridge_dev
>   net: dsa: keep the bridge_dev and bridge_num as part of the same
>     structure
>   net: dsa: eliminate dsa_switch_ops :: port_bridge_tx_fwd_{,un}offload
> 
>  drivers/net/dsa/b53/b53_common.c       |   9 +-
>  drivers/net/dsa/b53/b53_priv.h         |   5 +-
>  drivers/net/dsa/dsa_loop.c             |   9 +-
>  drivers/net/dsa/hirschmann/hellcreek.c |   5 +-
>  drivers/net/dsa/lan9303-core.c         |   7 +-
>  drivers/net/dsa/lantiq_gswip.c         |  25 +++--
>  drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz_common.c |   5 +-
>  drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz_common.h |   4 +-
>  drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.c               |  18 +--
>  drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx/chip.c       | 145 ++++++++++++-------------
>  drivers/net/dsa/ocelot/felix.c         |   8 +-
>  drivers/net/dsa/qca8k.c                |  13 ++-
>  drivers/net/dsa/rtl8366rb.c            |   9 +-
>  drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_main.c |  40 +++++--
>  drivers/net/dsa/xrs700x/xrs700x.c      |  10 +-
>  include/linux/dsa/8021q.h              |   9 +-
>  include/net/dsa.h                      | 102 +++++++++++++----
>  net/dsa/dsa2.c                         |  57 ++++++----
>  net/dsa/dsa_priv.h                     |  59 ++--------
>  net/dsa/port.c                         | 123 +++++++++++----------
>  net/dsa/slave.c                        |  34 +++---
>  net/dsa/switch.c                       |  20 ++--
>  net/dsa/tag_8021q.c                    |  20 ++--
>  net/dsa/tag_dsa.c                      |   5 +-
>  net/dsa/tag_ocelot.c                   |   2 +-
>  net/dsa/tag_sja1105.c                  |  11 +-
>  26 files changed, 414 insertions(+), 340 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.25.1
>

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