Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] bridge: skip fdb add if the port shouldn't learn

From: Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 26 May 2015 10:28:09 -0700

On Thu, 21 May 2015 03:42:57 -0700
Nikolay Aleksandrov <[email-masked]> wrote:

> From: Wilson Kok <[email-masked]>
> 
> Check in fdb_add_entry() if the source port should learn, similar
> check is used in br_fdb_update.
> Note that new fdb entries which are added manually or
> as local ones are still permitted.
> This patch has been tested by running traffic via a bridge port and
> switching the port's state, also by manually adding/removing entries
> from the bridge's fdb.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wilson Kok <[email-masked]>
> Signed-off-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <[email-masked]>

What is the problem this is trying to solve?

I think user should be allowed to manually add any entry
even if learning.