[Bridge] [PATCH net-next v4 00/12] net: Introduce ndo_get_port_parent_id()

David Miller davem at davemloft.net
Wed Feb 6 22:18:10 UTC 2019


From: David Miller <davem at davemloft.net>
Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2019 13:50:50 -0800 (PST)

> From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli at gmail.com>
> Date: Wed,  6 Feb 2019 09:45:34 -0800
> 
>> Based on discussion with Ido and feedback from Jakub there are clearly
>> two classes of users that implement SWITCHDEV_ATTR_ID_PORT_PARENT_ID:
>> 
>> - PF/VF drivers which typically only implement return the port's parent
>>   ID, yet have to implement switchdev_port_attr_get() just for that
>> 
>> - Ethernet switch drivers: mlxsw, ocelot, DSA, etc. which implement more
>>   attributes which we want to be able to eventually veto in the context
>>   of the caller, thus making them candidates for using a blocking notifier
>>   chain
>> 
>> Changes in v4:
>  ..
> 
> Series applied, thanks Florian.
> 
> I'll push this out to net-next after my build tests complete.

I had to remove the unused variable 'rocker' to kill a warning introduced
by patch #8.

Just FYI...


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