Re: [PATCH net-next v3 0/5] net: support binding vlan dev link state to vlan member bridge ports

[Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@cumulusnetworks.com>]

On 18/04/2019 20:35, Mike Manning wrote:
> For vlan filtering on bridges, the bridge may also have vlan devices
> as upper devices. For switches, these are used to provide L3 packet
> processing for ports that are members of a given vlan.
> 
> While it is correct that the admin state for these vlan devices is
> either set directly for the device or inherited from the lower device,
> the link state is also transferred from the lower device. So this is
> always up if the bridge is in admin up state and there is at least one
> bridge port that is up, regardless of the vlan that the port is in.
> 
> The link state of the vlan device may need to track only the state of
> the subset of ports that are also members of the corresponding vlan,
> rather than that of all ports.
> 
> This series provides an optional vlan flag so that the link state of
> the vlan device is only up if there is at least one bridge port that is
> up AND is a member of the corresponding vlan.
> 
> v2:
>    - Address review comments from Nikolay Aleksandrov
>      in patches 3 & 4 and add patch 5 to address bridge link down due to STP
> v3:
>    - Address review comment from Nikolay Aleksandrov
>      in patch 4 so as to remove unnecessary inline #ifdef
> 
> Mike Manning (5):
>   vlan: support binding link state to vlan member bridge ports
>   vlan: do not transfer link state in vlan bridge binding mode
>   bridge: support binding vlan dev link state to vlan member bridge
>     ports
>   bridge: update vlan dev state when port added to or deleted from vlan
>   bridge: update vlan dev link state for bridge netdev changes
> 
>  include/uapi/linux/if_vlan.h |   9 +-
>  net/8021q/vlan.c             |  18 +++-
>  net/8021q/vlan_dev.c         |  22 +++--
>  net/8021q/vlan_netlink.c     |   3 +-
>  net/bridge/br.c              |  13 ++-
>  net/bridge/br_private.h      |  14 +++
>  net/bridge/br_vlan.c         | 214 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  7 files changed, 272 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
> 

Hi Mike,
Thanks for doing all the changes, the set looks good. One tip for future reference
when someone is reviewing a set and sends their ack/review/signed-off please keep
it in the respective patches unless they have changed or need to be reviewed again.

Cheers,
 Nik