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authorScott Feldman <sfeldma@gmail.com>2015-06-14 11:33:11 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2015-06-15 17:08:49 -0700
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bridge: del external_learned fdbs from device on flush or ageout
We need to delete from offload the device externally learnded fdbs when any one of these events happen: 1) Bridge ages out fdb. (When bridge is doing ageing vs. device doing ageing. If device is doing ageing, it would send SWITCHDEV_FDB_DEL directly). 2) STP state change flushes fdbs on port. 3) User uses sysfs interface to flush fdbs from bridge or bridge port: echo 1 >/sys/class/net/BR_DEV/bridge/flush echo 1 >/sys/class/net/BR_PORT/brport/flush 4) Offload driver send event SWITCHDEV_FDB_DEL to delete fdb entry. For rocker, we can now get called to delete fdb entry in wait and nowait contexts, so set NOWAIT flag when deleting fdb entry. Signed-off-by: Scott Feldman <sfeldma@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt b/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt
index da82cd75a4f6..c5d7ade10ff2 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt
@@ -251,15 +251,8 @@ out stale FDB entries. To keep an FDB entry "alive", the driver should refresh
the FDB entry by calling call_switchdev_notifiers(SWITCHDEV_FDB_ADD, ...). The
notification will reset the FDB entry's last-used time to now. The driver
should rate limit refresh notifications, for example, no more than once a
-second. If the FDB entry expires, ndo_fdb_del is called to remove entry from
-the device. XXX: this last part isn't currently correct: ndo_fdb_del isn't
-called, so the stale entry remains in device...this need to get fixed.
-
-FDB Flush
-^^^^^^^^^
-
-XXX: Unimplemented. Need to support FDB flush by bridge driver for port and
-remove both static and learned FDB entries.
+second. If the FDB entry expires, fdb_delete is called to remove entry from
+the device.
STP State Change on Port
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^