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    net: bridge: fdb: don't flush ext_learn entries · f2f3729f
    Nikolay Aleksandrov authored
    When a user-space software manages fdb entries externally it should
    set the ext_learn flag which marks the fdb entry as externally managed
    and avoids expiring it (they're treated as static fdbs). Unfortunately
    on events where fdb entries are flushed (STP down, netlink fdb flush
    etc) these fdbs are also deleted automatically by the bridge. That in turn
    causes trouble for the managing user-space software (e.g. in MLAG setups
    we lose remote fdb entries on port flaps).
    These entries are completely externally managed so we should avoid
    automatically deleting them, the only exception are offloaded entries
    (i.e. BR_FDB_ADDED_BY_EXT_LEARN + BR_FDB_OFFLOADED). They are flushed as
    before.
    
    Fixes: eb100e0e ("net: bridge: allow to add externally learned entries from user-space")
    Signed-off-by: default avatarNikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@nvidia.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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