Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC net-next 3/3] net: dsa: implement ndo_set_netlink for chaning port's CPU port

From: Andrew Lunn <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2019 17:47:27 +0200

On Sat, Aug 24, 2019 at 04:42:50AM +0200, Marek Behún wrote:
> Implement ndo_set_iflink for DSA slave device. In multi-CPU port setup
> this should be used to change to which CPU destination port a given port
> should be connected.
> 
> This adds a new operation into the DSA switch operations structure,
> port_change_cpu_port. A driver implementing this function has the
> ability to change CPU destination port of a given port.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marek Behún <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  include/net/dsa.h |  6 ++++++
>  net/dsa/slave.c   | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 41 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/net/dsa.h b/include/net/dsa.h
> index 64bd70608f2f..4f3f0032b886 100644
> --- a/include/net/dsa.h
> +++ b/include/net/dsa.h
> @@ -545,6 +545,12 @@ struct dsa_switch_ops {
>  	 */
>  	netdev_tx_t (*port_deferred_xmit)(struct dsa_switch *ds, int port,
>  					  struct sk_buff *skb);
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Multi-CPU port support
> +	 */
> +	int	(*port_change_cpu_port)(struct dsa_switch *ds, int port,
> +					struct dsa_port *new_cpu_dp);
>  };

Hi Marek

We need to see an actual implementation of this. We don't add new APIs
without having a user.

	Andrew