Re: [PATCH v5 net-next 6/6] selftests: forwarding: add test of MAC-Auth Bypass to locked port tests

Vladimir Oltean
2022-09-08T11:21:35Z

On Thu, Sep 08, 2022 at 01:14:59PM +0200, netdev@kapio-technology.com wrote:
> On 2022-09-08 09:59, Ido Schimmel wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 07, 2022 at 11:10:07PM +0200, netdev@kapio-technology.com wrote:
> > > I am at the blackhole driver implementation now, as I suppose that the
> > > iproute2 command should work with the mv88e6xxx driver when adding blackhole
> > > entries (with a added selftest)?
> > > I decided to add the blackhole feature as new ops for drivers with functions
> > > blackhole_fdb_add() and blackhole_fdb_del(). Do you agree with that approach?
> >
> > I assume you are talking about extending 'dsa_switch_ops'?
>
> Yes, that is the idea.
>
> > If so, it's up to the DSA maintainers to decide.

What will be the usefulness of adding a blackhole FDB entry from user space?