On 7/29/15, 2:26 PM, Roopa Prabhu wrote:
From: Roopa Prabhu <ro...@cumulusnetworks.com>

This is similar to command options corresponding to other NTF_* flags
already exposed to the user space (examples self/master).

Also updates bridge man page (The man page patch also includes
a fix to the 'self' entry and documents 'master' for fdb entries)

Signed-off-by: Roopa Prabhu <ro...@cumulusnetworks.com>
---
just realized i forgot to update usage()...will respin..

  bridge/fdb.c      |    2 ++
  man/man8/bridge.8 |   15 ++++++++++++---
  2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bridge/fdb.c b/bridge/fdb.c
index 278e55f..165fe59 100644
--- a/bridge/fdb.c
+++ b/bridge/fdb.c
@@ -305,6 +305,8 @@ static int fdb_modify(int cmd, int flags, int argc, char 
**argv)
                                duparg2("vlan", *argv);
                        NEXT_ARG();
                        vid = atoi(*argv);
+               } else if (matches(*argv, "use") == 0) {
+                       req.ndm.ndm_flags |= NTF_USE;
                } else {
                        if (strcmp(*argv, "to") == 0) {
                                NEXT_ARG();
diff --git a/man/man8/bridge.8 b/man/man8/bridge.8
index 4135d01..c86db03 100644
--- a/man/man8/bridge.8
+++ b/man/man8/bridge.8
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ bridge \- show / manipulate bridge addresses and devices
  .I LLADDR
  .B  dev
  .IR DEV " { "
-.BR local " | " temp " } { "
-.BR self " } { " router " } [ "
+.BR local " | " temp " } [ "
+.BR self " ] [ " master " ] [ " router " ] [ " use " ] [ "
  .B  dst
  .IR IPADDR " ] [ "
  .B vni
@@ -323,7 +323,11 @@ the Ethernet MAC address.
  the interface to which this address is associated.
.B self
-- the address is associated with a software fdb (default)
+- the address is associated with a hardware fdb
+.sp
+
+.B master
+- the address is associated with software fdb (default)
  .sp
.B router
@@ -332,6 +336,11 @@ Valid if the referenced device is a VXLAN type device and 
has
  route shortcircuit enabled.
  .sp
+.B use
+- the address is in use. User space can use this option to
+indicate to the kernel that the fdb entry is in use.
+.sp
+
  .in -8
  The next command line parameters apply only
  when the specified device

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