On Fri, Jul 01, 2022 at 04:51:44PM +0300, Ido Schimmel wrote: > On Fri, Jul 01, 2022 at 09:47:24AM +0200, Hans S wrote: > > One question though... wouldn't it be an issue that the mentioned > > option setting is bridge wide, while the patch applies a per-port > > effect? > > Why would it be an issue? To me, the bigger issue is changing the > semantics of "locked" in 5.20 compared to previous kernels. > > What is even the use case for enabling learning when the port is locked? > In current kernels, only SAs from link local traffic will be learned, > but with this patch, nothing will be learned. So why enable learning in > the first place? As an administrator, I mark a port as "locked" so that > only traffic with SAs that I configured will be allowed. Enabling > learning when the port is locked seems to defeat the purpose? I think if learning on a locked port doesn't make sense, the bridge should just reject that configuration.
