Re: [PATCH net-next v4 5/6] net: bridge: Add a configurable default FDB learning limit

[Nikolay Aleksandrov]

On 9/19/23 11:12, Johannes Nixdorf wrote:
> Add a Kconfig option to configure a default FDB learning limit system
> wide, so a distributor building a special purpose kernel can limit all
> created bridges by default.
>
> The limit is only a soft default setting and overrideable on a per bridge
> basis using netlink.
>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Nixdorf <jnixdorf-oss@xxxxxx>
> ---
>   net/bridge/Kconfig     | 13 +++++++++++++
>   net/bridge/br_device.c |  2 ++
>   2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/net/bridge/Kconfig b/net/bridge/Kconfig
> index 3c8ded7d3e84..c0d9c08088c4 100644
> --- a/net/bridge/Kconfig
> +++ b/net/bridge/Kconfig
> @@ -84,3 +84,16 @@ config BRIDGE_CFM
>   	  Say N to exclude this support and reduce the binary size.
>   
>   	  If unsure, say N.
> +
> +config BRIDGE_DEFAULT_FDB_MAX_LEARNED
> +	int "Default FDB learning limit"
> +	default 0
> +	depends on BRIDGE
> +	help
> +	  Sets a default limit on the number of learned FDB entries on
> +	  new bridges. This limit can be overwritten via netlink on a
> +	  per bridge basis.
> +
> +	  The default of 0 disables the limit.
> +
> +	  If unsure, say 0.
> diff --git a/net/bridge/br_device.c b/net/bridge/br_device.c
> index 9a5ea06236bd..3214391c15a0 100644
> --- a/net/bridge/br_device.c
> +++ b/net/bridge/br_device.c
> @@ -531,6 +531,8 @@ void br_dev_setup(struct net_device *dev)
>   	br->bridge_ageing_time = br->ageing_time = BR_DEFAULT_AGEING_TIME;
>   	dev->max_mtu = ETH_MAX_MTU;
>   
> +	br->fdb_max_learned = CONFIG_BRIDGE_DEFAULT_FDB_MAX_LEARNED;
> +
>   	br_netfilter_rtable_init(br);
>   	br_stp_timer_init(br);
>   	br_multicast_init(br);

This one I'm not sure about at all. Distributions can just create the 
bridge with a predefined limit. This is not flexible and just adds
one more kconfig option that is rather unnecessary. Why having a kconfig
knob is better than bridge creation time limit setting? You still have
to create the bridge, so why not set the limit then?