On Thu, Oct 13, 2022 at 08:58:57PM +0200, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On 2022-10-13 16:06, Ido Schimmel wrote:
> > > diff --git a/net/dsa/port.c b/net/dsa/port.c
> > > index e4a0513816bb..eab32b7a945a 100644
> > > --- a/net/dsa/port.c
> > > +++ b/net/dsa/port.c
> > > @@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ static int dsa_port_inherit_brport_flags(struct
> > > dsa_port *dp,
> > > struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
> > > {
> > > const unsigned long mask = BR_LEARNING | BR_FLOOD | BR_MCAST_FLOOD |
> > > - BR_BCAST_FLOOD | BR_PORT_LOCKED;
> > > + BR_BCAST_FLOOD;
> >
> > Not sure how this is related to the patchset.
> >
>
> In general it is needed as a fix because of the way learning with locked
> port is handled in the driver,
> so as with MAB and also locked port in the future needing a non-zero Port
> Association Vector (PAV)
> for refresh etc to work, inheritance of the locked port flag is a bad idea
> (say bug) and shouldn't have
> been in the first place.
If it's a fix, then it needs to be submitted to 'net' tree.
