From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 93A462AB5D for ; Tue, 20 Jun 2023 18:12:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A7C45C433C0; Tue, 20 Jun 2023 18:12:41 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1687284762; bh=d6HqvUlVxX8pKRJNTswSkal7YXJ0HM0W5Thip03LgF0=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=iCrv0pPlbuRGKVA8FpAamMjgYkah5B7wKQjMOyzq7Cigmz0tHJQ7HVT4pA5w0tXMS NlWerblEUcXg6yNrG1Z+Dwr+cbRJvQZwNhoTiDB3M2Sza/t/gOHZH098r/SqnWRDvw O5CBdDQ2amk3LIIX7kulIwa1cYfMV7/q1C9d+hQ8iCvLcK5t0xdmtVxr6tehDC55ms RjuCHtJDBxs7zW4dmmrfcLdPgXS0DcJrc81jEdptCCkHxvOs2/L36W5lAfggrGbpl6 R9ZV3Fsfp5AlHvrzu117qaPh4AC4h93ipjjgDQu0SYVRvy2JiZ4Q9sBvfkWVRYuKWl bHlcjAtXrVPfg== Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2023 11:12:40 -0700 From: Jakub Kicinski To: Vlad Buslov Cc: Tony Nguyen , davem@davemloft.net, pabeni@redhat.com, edumazet@google.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, wojciech.drewek@intel.com, jiri@resnulli.us, ivecera@redhat.com, simon.horman@corigine.com Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 00/12][pull request] ice: switchdev bridge offload Message-ID: <20230620111240.24b1f6a9@kernel.org> In-Reply-To: <20230620174423.4144938-1-anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com> References: <20230620174423.4144938-1-anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Tue, 20 Jun 2023 10:44:11 -0700 Tony Nguyen wrote: > Linux bridge provides ability to learn MAC addresses and vlans > detected on bridge's ports. As a result of this, FDB (forward data base) > entries are created and they can be offloaded to the HW. By adding > VF's port representors to the bridge together with the uplink netdev, > we can learn VF's and link partner's MAC addresses. This is achieved > by slow/exception-path, where packets that do not match any filters > (FDB entries in this case) are send to the bridge ports. Hi Vlad, it would be great to have your review on this one!