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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2019-02-24 09:28:26 -0800 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2019-02-24 09:28:26 -0800 |
commit | c4eb1e1852df60d61e04a6b580a0490460c9e31b (patch) | |
tree | 4d977e019b7f5451daf2988384717ecc7426775c /Documentation | |
parent | e60b5f79bd7529e76b13cf1e85823abbd0e33634 (diff) | |
parent | 4c8e0459b585e2a7b367545be3e102737f1e489f (diff) |
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net
Pull networking fixes from David Miller:
"Hopefully the last pull request for this release. Fingers crossed:
1) Only refcount ESP stats on full sockets, from Martin Willi.
2) Missing barriers in AF_UNIX, from Al Viro.
3) RCU protection fixes in ipv6 route code, from Paolo Abeni.
4) Avoid false positives in untrusted GSO validation, from Willem de
Bruijn.
5) Forwarded mesh packets in mac80211 need more tailroom allocated,
from Felix Fietkau.
6) Use operstate consistently for linkup in team driver, from George
Wilkie.
7) ThunderX bug fixes from Vadim Lomovtsev. Mostly races between VF
and PF code paths.
8) Purge ipv6 exceptions during netdevice removal, from Paolo Abeni.
9) nfp eBPF code gen fixes from Jiong Wang.
10) bnxt_en firmware timeout fix from Michael Chan.
11) Use after free in udp/udpv6 error handlers, from Paolo Abeni.
12) Fix a race in x25_bind triggerable by syzbot, from Eric Dumazet"
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net: (65 commits)
net: phy: realtek: Dummy IRQ calls for RTL8366RB
tcp: repaired skbs must init their tso_segs
net/x25: fix a race in x25_bind()
net: dsa: Remove documentation for port_fdb_prepare
Revert "bridge: do not add port to router list when receives query with source 0.0.0.0"
selftests: fib_tests: sleep after changing carrier. again.
net: set static variable an initial value in atl2_probe()
net: phy: marvell10g: Fix Multi-G advertisement to only advertise 10G
bpf, doc: add bpf list as secondary entry to maintainers file
udp: fix possible user after free in error handler
udpv6: fix possible user after free in error handler
fou6: fix proto error handler argument type
udpv6: add the required annotation to mib type
mdio_bus: Fix use-after-free on device_register fails
net: Set rtm_table to RT_TABLE_COMPAT for ipv6 for tables > 255
bnxt_en: Wait longer for the firmware message response to complete.
bnxt_en: Fix typo in firmware message timeout logic.
nfp: bpf: fix ALU32 high bits clearance bug
nfp: bpf: fix code-gen bug on BPF_ALU | BPF_XOR | BPF_K
Documentation: networking: switchdev: Update port parent ID section
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt | 10 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt | 10 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt b/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt index 25170ad7d25b..101f2b2c69ad 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt @@ -533,16 +533,12 @@ Bridge VLAN filtering function that the driver has to call for each VLAN the given port is a member of. A switchdev object is used to carry the VID and bridge flags. -- port_fdb_prepare: bridge layer function invoked when the bridge prepares the - installation of a Forwarding Database entry. If the operation is not - supported, this function should return -EOPNOTSUPP to inform the bridge code - to fallback to a software implementation. No hardware setup must be done in - this function. See port_fdb_add for this and details. - - port_fdb_add: bridge layer function invoked when the bridge wants to install a Forwarding Database entry, the switch hardware should be programmed with the specified address in the specified VLAN Id in the forwarding database - associated with this VLAN ID + associated with this VLAN ID. If the operation is not supported, this + function should return -EOPNOTSUPP to inform the bridge code to fallback to + a software implementation. Note: VLAN ID 0 corresponds to the port private database, which, in the context of DSA, would be the its port-based VLAN, used by the associated bridge device. diff --git a/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt b/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt index 82236a17b5e6..97b7ca8b9b86 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt @@ -92,11 +92,11 @@ device. Switch ID ^^^^^^^^^ -The switchdev driver must implement the switchdev op switchdev_port_attr_get -for SWITCHDEV_ATTR_ID_PORT_PARENT_ID for each port netdev, returning the same -physical ID for each port of a switch. The ID must be unique between switches -on the same system. The ID does not need to be unique between switches on -different systems. +The switchdev driver must implement the net_device operation +ndo_get_port_parent_id for each port netdev, returning the same physical ID for +each port of a switch. The ID must be unique between switches on the same +system. The ID does not need to be unique between switches on different +systems. The switch ID is used to locate ports on a switch and to know if aggregated ports belong to the same switch. |