Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Add tx fwd offload PVT on intermediate devices

[Tobias Waldekranz <tobias@waldekranz.com>]

On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 21:18, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> wrote:
> On Thu,  9 Dec 2021 23:24:24 +0100 Tobias Waldekranz wrote:
>> In a typical mv88e6xxx switch tree like this:
>> 
>>   CPU
>>    |    .----.
>> .--0--. | .--0--.
>> | sw0 | | | sw1 |
>> '-1-2-' | '-1-2-'
>>     '---'
>> 
>> If sw1p{1,2} are added to a bridge that sw0p1 is not a part of, sw0
>> still needs to add a crosschip PVT entry for the virtual DSA device
>> assigned to represent the bridge.
>> 
>> Fixes: ce5df6894a57 ("net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: map virtual bridges with forwarding offload in the PVT")
>
> Hm, should this go to net? The commit above is in 5.15 it seems.

Since there was no cover letter for this patch I put that motivation
after the commit message cutoff:

    Though this is a bugfix, it still targets net-next as it depends on
    the recent work done by Vladimir here:

    https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20211206165758.1553882-1-vladimir.oltean@nxp.com/

I have patches for 5.15 but the implementation is completely
different. Given that (1) multichip devices are pretty uncommon to begin
with and (2) that this configuration is also rare, I thought it might be
more trouble than it was worth.

Let me know if you want me to send that too - but independent of that, I
think this should go in on net-next.