Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] bridge: add vlan id to mdb notifications

From: Jonathan Toppins <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 14:40:35 -0500

On 11/26/14 1:56 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Nov 2014 05:53:33 -0800
> [email-masked] wrote:
>
>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/if_bridge.h b/include/uapi/linux/if_bridge.h
>> index da17e45..db061fd 100644
>> --- a/include/uapi/linux/if_bridge.h
>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/if_bridge.h
>> @@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ struct br_mdb_entry {
>>   			struct in6_addr ip6;
>>   		} u;
>>   		__be16		proto;
>> +		__be16		vid;
>>   	} addr;
>>   };
>>
>
> You can't add fields to existing binary API
>

Roopa, maybe a description of what use case this is trying to solve 
would better justify the addition to the UAPI?

-Jon