Re: [PATCH net-next 7/8] net: dsa: change dsa_ptr for a dsa_port

From	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH net-next 7/8] net: dsa: change dsa_ptr for a dsa_port
Date	2017-09-29 21:30 +0200
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On 09/29/2017 11:36 AM, Vivien Didelot wrote:
> With DSA, a master net device (CPU facing interface) has a dsa_ptr
> pointer to which hangs a dsa_switch_tree. This is not correct because a
> master interface is wired to a dedicated switch port, and because we can
> theoretically have several master interfaces pointing to several CPU
> ports of the same switch fabric.
> 
> Change the master interface's dsa_ptr for the CPU dsa_port pointer.
> This is a step towards supporting multiple CPU ports. Also remove
> dsa_get_cpu_port which is now unneeded.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com>

Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
-- 
Florian

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[PATCH net-next 7/8] net: dsa: change dsa_ptr for a dsa_port Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com> - 2017-09-29 20:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH net-next 7/8] net: dsa: change dsa_ptr for a dsa_port Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> - 2017-09-29 21:30 +0200

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