Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH bridge 4/5] bridge: Add private ioctls to configure vlans on bridge ports

From: Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:38:09 -0700

On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:29:54 -0400
Vlad Yasevich <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Add a private ioctl to add and remove vlan configuration on bridge port.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  include/linux/if_bridge.h |    2 +
>  net/bridge/br_if.c        |   69 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  net/bridge/br_ioctl.c     |   31 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  net/bridge/br_private.h   |    2 +
>  4 files changed, 104 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

Don't go down this dead end.

The ioctl interface to bridge is deprecated because private ioctl's
can not be handled when running 32 bit user space on 64 bit kernel.