Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 4/6] net: dsa: exit early in dsa_slave_switchdev_event if we can't program the FDB

[Florian Fainelli]

On 12/12/2020 6:40 PM, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> Right now, the following would happen for a switch driver that does not
> implement .port_fdb_add or .port_fdb_del.
> 
> dsa_slave_switchdev_event returns NOTIFY_OK and schedules:
> -> dsa_slave_switchdev_event_work
>    -> dsa_port_fdb_add
>       -> dsa_port_notify(DSA_NOTIFIER_FDB_ADD)
>          -> dsa_switch_fdb_add
>             -> if (!ds->ops->port_fdb_add) return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>    -> an error is printed with dev_dbg, and
>       dsa_fdb_offload_notify(switchdev_work) is not called.
> 
> We can avoid scheduling the worker for nothing and say NOTIFY_OK.

Not sure if this comment is intended to describe what is being added,
only if you have to respin, should this be NOTIFY_DONE?

> Because we don't call dsa_fdb_offload_notify, the static FDB entry will
> remain just in the software bridge.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.olt...@nxp.com>

Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.faine...@gmail.com>
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Florian