Re: [PATCH net-next 08/16] net: bridge: Add netlink knobs for number / maximum MDB entries

[Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>]

Thanks for the review, Nik!

On Sun, Jan 29, 2023 at 12:07:31PM +0200, Nikolay Aleksandrov wrote:
> On 26/01/2023 19:01, Petr Machata wrote:
> > +static int
> > +br_multicast_pmctx_ngroups_set_max(struct net_bridge_mcast_port *pmctx,
> > +				   u32 max, struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
> > +{
> > +	if (max && max < pmctx->mdb_n_entries) {
> > +		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_FMT_MOD(extack, "Can't set mcast_max_groups=%u, which is below mcast_n_groups=%u",
> > +				       max, pmctx->mdb_n_entries);
> 
> Why not? All new entries will be rejected anyway, at most some will expire and make room.

Looking at the code of the global limit ('mcast_hash_max') and also
testing it, I see that the above is not enforced there either so doing
what you suggest will at least make the port and port-vlan limits
consistent with the global limit in this regard.

> 
> > +		return -EINVAL;
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	pmctx->mdb_max_entries = max;
> > +	return 0;
> > +}