Re: [PATCH] Notify userspace about bridge learning MAC on new port

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From: Michael Braun <michael-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 14:14:56 +0100

> Currently, the userspace is informed about the port the MAC is learned on a
> bridge and about the bridge removing the MAC from its forwarding table, but not
> when the MAC is learned on a different port.
> This is inconsistent and makes it difficult for applications to keep track
> of all MACs learned by a bridge on a subset of its ports.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Braun <michael-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Please use a proper subsystem prefix in your Subject lines, for
example:

"Subject: [PATCH] bridge: Notify userspace about learning MAC on new port"

Would have been more appropriate here.

Stephen, can you review the substance of this patch please?




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