Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: handle multiple ports in ATU

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Mon Sep 19 2016 - 20:41:38 EST


On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 07:56:11PM -0400, Vivien Didelot wrote:
> An address can be loaded in the ATU with multiple ports, for instance
> when adding multiple ports to a Multicast group with "bridge mdb".
>
> The current code doesn't allow that. Add an helper to get a single entry
> from the ATU, then set or clear the requested port, before loading the
> entry back in the ATU.
>
> Note that the required _mv88e6xxx_atu_getnext function is defined below
> mv88e6xxx_port_db_load_purge, so forward-declare it for the moment. The
> ATU code will be isolated in future patches.
>
> Fixes: 83dabd1fa84c ("net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: make switchdev DB ops generic")

Is this a real fixes? You don't make it clear what goes wrong. I
assume adding the same MAC address for a second time but for a
different port removes the first entry for the old port?

> Signed-off-by: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>

Andrew