From: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@xxxxxxxxxx> We're moving to netlink-only options, so add comments in the bridge's sysfs files to warn against adding any new sysfs entries. Signed-off-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@xxxxxxxxxx> --- net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c | 4 ++++ net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c index 7db06e3f642a..71f0f671c4ef 100644 --- a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c +++ b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c @@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ #include "br_private.h" +/* IMPORTANT: new bridge options must be added with netlink support only + * please do not add new sysfs entries + */ + #define to_bridge(cd) ((struct net_bridge *)netdev_priv(to_net_dev(cd))) /* diff --git a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c index 7a59cdddd3ce..96ff63cde1be 100644 --- a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c +++ b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c @@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ #include "br_private.h" +/* IMPORTANT: new bridge port options must be added with netlink support only + * please do not add new sysfs entries + */ + struct brport_attribute { struct attribute attr; ssize_t (*show)(struct net_bridge_port *, char *); -- 2.29.2