[ovs-dev] [PATCH 1/2] bridge: Require learning table at all times.
Jesse Gross
jesse at nicira.com
Tue Nov 10 21:51:52 UTC 2009
Ben Pfaff wrote:
> Jesse Gross <jesse at nicira.com> writes:
>
>
>> The bridge nominally allowed the MAC learning module to not be enabled
>> though in reality it was always used. Tracking active MAC addresses
>> in the bridge is useful for other reasons besides deciding the output
>> port - primarily for bonding. In addition there were several bugs
>> that would have been triggered had learning actually been disabled since
>> that code path is never tested. This makes it explicit that the learning
>> table should be maintained at all times.
>>
>
> Looks good, thanks.
>
Thanks, pushed.
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