[Bridge] [PATCH v3 net-next 2/7] net: dsa: be louder when a non-legacy FDB operation fails

Andrew Lunn andrew at lunn.ch
Wed Dec 16 15:32:48 UTC 2020


On Sun, Dec 13, 2020 at 04:07:05PM +0200, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> The dev_close() call was added in commit c9eb3e0f8701 ("net: dsa: Add
> support for learning FDB through notification") "to indicate inconsistent
> situation" when we could not delete an FDB entry from the port.
> 
> bridge fdb del d8:58:d7:00:ca:6d dev swp0 self master
> 
> It is a bit drastic and at the same time not helpful if the above fails
> to only print with netdev_dbg log level, but on the other hand to bring
> the interface down.
> 
> So increase the verbosity of the error message, and drop dev_close().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean at nxp.com>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew at lunn.ch>

    Andrew


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