Re: [PATCH net-next] net: bridge: switchdev: allow port isolation to be offloaded

[Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Aug 12, 2021 at 12:38:56AM +0300, Ido Schimmel wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 09:52:46PM +0800, DENG Qingfang wrote:
> > Add BR_ISOLATED flag to BR_PORT_FLAGS_HW_OFFLOAD, to allow switchdev
> > drivers to offload port isolation.
> >
> > Suggested-by: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@gmail.com>
> > Signed-off-by: DENG Qingfang <dqfext@gmail.com>
> > ---
> >  net/bridge/br_switchdev.c | 3 ++-
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/net/bridge/br_switchdev.c b/net/bridge/br_switchdev.c
> > index 6bf518d78f02..898257153883 100644
> > --- a/net/bridge/br_switchdev.c
> > +++ b/net/bridge/br_switchdev.c
> > @@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ bool nbp_switchdev_allowed_egress(const struct net_bridge_port *p,
> >
> >  /* Flags that can be offloaded to hardware */
> >  #define BR_PORT_FLAGS_HW_OFFLOAD (BR_LEARNING | BR_FLOOD | \
> > -				  BR_MCAST_FLOOD | BR_BCAST_FLOOD)
> > +				  BR_MCAST_FLOOD | BR_BCAST_FLOOD | \
> > +				  BR_ISOLATED)
>
> Why add it now and not as part of a patchset that actually makes use of
> the flag in a driver that offloads port isolation?

The way the information got transmitted is a bit unfortunate.

Making BR_ISOLATED part of BR_PORT_FLAGS_HW_OFFLOAD is a matter of
correctness when switchdev offloads the data path. Since this feature
will not work correctly without driver intervention, it makes sense that
drivers should reject it currently, which is exactly what this patch
accomplishes - it makes the code path go through the
SWITCHDEV_ATTR_ID_PORT_PRE_BRIDGE_FLAGS driver handlers, which return
-EINVAL for everything they don't recognize.

(yes, we do still have a problem for drivers that don't catch
SWITCHDEV_ATTR_ID_PORT_PRE_BRIDGE_FLAGS at all, switchdev will return
-EOPNOTSUPP for those which is then ignored, but those are in the
minority)