Re: [PATCH net-next 5/8] bridge: Add SWITCHDEV_FDB_FLUSH_TO_BRIDGE notifier

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From: Julian Wiedmann <jwi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2020 19:23:48 +0200

> From: Alexandra Winter <wintera@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> so the switchdev can notifiy the bridge to flush non-permanent fdb entries
> for this port. This is useful whenever the hardware fdb of the switchdev
> is reset, but the netdev and the bridgeport are not deleted.
> 
> Note that this has the same effect as the IFLA_BRPORT_FLUSH attribute.
> 
> CC: Jiri Pirko <jiri@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Ivan Vecera <ivecera@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Alexandra Winter <wintera@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Julian Wiedmann <jwi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

This still needs review by bridge experts.

Thank you.



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