From: Horatiu Vultur <horatiu.vultur@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2020 09:33:47 +0200 > This patch series extends MRP netlink interface with IFLA_BRIDGE_MRP_CLEAR. > To allow the userspace to clear all MRP instances when is started. The > second patch in the series fix different sparse warnings. > > v3: > - add the second patch to fix sparse warnings These changes are completely unrelated. The sparse stuff should probably be submitted to 'net'. And I have to ask why you really need a clear operation. Routing daemons come up and see what routes are installed, and update their internal SW tables to match. This not only allows efficient restart after a crash, but it also allows multiple daemons to work cooperatively as an agent for the same forwarding/routing table. Your usage model limits one daemon to manage the table and that limitation is completely unnecessary. Furthermore, even in a one-daemon scenerio, it's wasteful to throw away all the work the previous daemon did to load the MRP entries into the bridge. Thanks.
