From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Fastabend Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v4 0/8] Managing the forwarding database(FDB) Date: Wed, 02 May 2012 14:52:33 -0700 Message-ID: <4FA1ACA1.2080808@intel.com> References: <20120415163905.14091.30491.stgit@jf-dev1-dcblab> <20120415.130637.2258594023349277277.davem@davemloft.net> <20120502150830.GA2976@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: shemminger@vyatta.com, bhutchings@solarflare.com, sri@us.ibm.com, hadi@cyberus.ca, jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, gregory.v.rose@intel.com, krkumar2@in.ibm.com, roprabhu@cisco.com To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" Return-path: Received: from mga14.intel.com ([143.182.124.37]:30031 "EHLO mga14.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754312Ab2EBVwd (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 May 2012 17:52:33 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20120502150830.GA2976@redhat.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 5/2/2012 8:08 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 01:06:37PM -0400, David Miller wrote: >> From: John Fastabend >> Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 09:43:51 -0700 >> >>> The following series is a submission for net-next to allow >>> embedded switches and other stacked devices other then the >>> Linux bridge to manage a forwarding database. >>> >>> Previously discussed here, >>> >>> http://lists.openwall.net/netdev/2012/03/19/26 >>> >>> v4: propagate return codes correctly for ndo_dflt_Fdb_dump() >>> >>> v3: resolve the macvlan patch 8/8 to fix a dev_set_promiscuity() >>> error and add the flags field to change and get link routines. >>> >>> v2: addressed feedback from Ben Hutchings resolving a typo in the >>> multicast add/del routines and improving the error handling >>> when both NTF_SELF and NTF_MASTER are set. >>> >>> I've tested this with 'br' tool published by Stephen Hemminger >>> soon to be renamed 'bridge' I believe and various traffic >>> generators mostly pktgen, ping, and netperf. >> >> All applied, if we need any more tweaks we can just add them >> on top of this work. >> >> Thanks John. > > John, do you plan to update kvm userspace to use this interface? > No immediate plans. I would really appreciate it if you or one of the IBM developers working in this space took it on. Of course if no one steps up I guess I can eventually get at it but it will be sometime. For now I've been doing this manually with the bridge tool yet to be published. .John