From: Roopa Prabhu <ro...@cumulusnetworks.com>
NTF_EXT_LEARNED can be set by a user on bridge fdb entry.
Provide a bridge command option to allow a user to set
NTF_EXT_LEARNED on a bridge fdb entry.
Signed-off-by: Roopa Prabhu <ro...@cumulusnetworks.com>
---
bridge/fdb.c | 4 +++-
man/man8/bridge.8 | 8 +++++++-
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/bridge/fdb.c b/bridge/fdb.c
index 205b4fa..4dbc894 100644
--- a/bridge/fdb.c
+++ b/bridge/fdb.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ static void usage(void)
{
fprintf(stderr,
"Usage: bridge fdb { add | append | del | replace } ADDR dev
DEV\n"
- " [ self ] [ master ] [ use ] [ router ]\n"
+ " [ self ] [ master ] [ use ] [ router ] [
extern_learn ]\n"
" [ local | static | dynamic ] [ dst IPADDR ] [
vlan VID ]\n"
" [ port PORT] [ vni VNI ] [ via DEV ]\n"
" bridge fdb [ show [ br BRDEV ] [ brport DEV ] [ vlan
VID ] [ state STATE ] ]\n");
@@ -412,6 +412,8 @@ static int fdb_modify(int cmd, int flags, int argc, char
**argv)
vid = atoi(*argv);
} else if (matches(*argv, "use") == 0) {
req.ndm.ndm_flags |= NTF_USE;
+ } else if (matches(*argv, "extern_learn") == 0) {
+ req.ndm.ndm_flags |= NTF_EXT_LEARNED;
} else {
if (strcmp(*argv, "to") == 0)
NEXT_ARG();
diff --git a/man/man8/bridge.8 b/man/man8/bridge.8
index 05512b0..e7f7148 100644
--- a/man/man8/bridge.8
+++ b/man/man8/bridge.8
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ bridge \- show / manipulate bridge addresses and devices
.B dev
.IR DEV " { "
.BR local " | " static " | " dynamic " } [ "
-.BR self " ] [ " master " ] [ " router " ] [ " use " ] [ "
+.BR self " ] [ " master " ] [ " router " ] [ " use " ] [ " extern_learn " ] [ "
.B dst
.IR IPADDR " ] [ "
.B vni
@@ -414,6 +414,12 @@ route shortcircuit enabled.
indicate to the kernel that the fdb entry is in use.
.sp
+.B extern_learn
+- this entry was learned externally. This option can be used to
+indicate to the kernel that an entry was hardware or user-space
+controller learnt dynamic entry. Kernel will not age such an entry.
+.sp
+
.in -8
The next command line parameters apply only
when the specified device
--
2.1.4
