bridge: offload bridge port attributes to switch asic if feature flag set
authorRoopa Prabhu <roopa@cumulusnetworks.com>
Fri, 30 Jan 2015 06:40:14 +0000 (22:40 -0800)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Mon, 2 Feb 2015 07:16:34 +0000 (23:16 -0800)
commit68e331c785b85b78f4155e2ab6f90e976b609dc1
tree1d6af27ec6f9a74c40d4f628cedb24bb535d8ba6
parent8a44dbb202617aa66968ba74fdabf1b654dfe661
bridge: offload bridge port attributes to switch asic if feature flag set

This patch adds support to set/del bridge port attributes in hardware from
the bridge driver.

With this, when the user sends a bridge setlink message with no flags or
master flags set,
   - the bridge driver ndo_bridge_setlink handler sets settings in the kernel
   - calls the swicthdev api to propagate the attrs to the switchdev
hardware

   You can still use the self flag to go to the switch hw or switch port
   driver directly.

With this, it also makes sure a notification goes out only after the
attributes are set both in the kernel and hw.

The patch calls switchdev api only if BRIDGE_FLAGS_SELF is not set.
This is because the offload cases with BRIDGE_FLAGS_SELF are handled in
the caller (in rtnetlink.c).

Signed-off-by: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@cumulusnetworks.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
net/bridge/br_netlink.c
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