Re: [PATCH v4 net-next 3/6] drivers: net: dsa: add locked fdb entry flag to drivers

netdev
2022-07-08T09:27:20Z

On 2022-07-08 11:15, Vladimir Oltean wrote:

>
> Well, yes, but if I'm correct, the bridge right now can't create locked
> FDB entries, so is_locked will always be false in the ADD_TO_DEVICE
> direction.

The bridge can create locked FDB entries with this patch set. That is
part of the idea that a SW bridge will have the same features as the HW
version, so first I made it in the bridge.

>
> When the possibility for it to be true will exist, _all_ switchdev
> drivers will need to be updated to ignore that (mlxsw, cpss, ocelot,
> rocker, prestera, etc etc), not just DSA. And you don't need to
> propagate the is_locked flag to all individual DSA sub-drivers when
> none
> care about is_locked in the ADD_TO_DEVICE direction, you can just
> ignore
> within DSA until needed otherwise.
>