Re: [net-next PATCH 3/3] net: dsa: qca8k: limit user ports access to the first CPU port on setup

From: Christian Marangi
Date: Thu Jul 27 2023 - 15:11:19 EST


On Wed, Jul 26, 2023 at 04:18:51PM +0300, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 05:30:58AM +0200, Christian Marangi wrote:
> > In preparation for multi-CPU support, set CPU port LOOKUP MEMBER outside
> > the port loop and setup the LOOKUP MEMBER mask for user ports only to
> > the first CPU port.
> >
> > This is to handle flooding condition where every CPU port is set as
> > target and prevent packet duplication for unknown frames from user ports.
> >
> > Secondary CPU port LOOKUP MEMBER mask will be setup later when
> > port_change_master will be implemented.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
>
> This is kinda "net.git" material, in the sense that it fixes the current
> driver behavior with device trees from the future, right?

This is not strictly a fix. The secondary CPU (if defined) doesn't have
flood enabled so the switch won't forward packet. It's more of a
cleanup/preparation from my point of view. What do you think?

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