Re: [patch net-next v3 0/6] fib offload: switch to notifier

From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 12:52:28 +0200

The goal of this patchset is to allow driver to propagate all prefixes
configured in kernel down HW. This is necessary for routing to work
as expected. If we don't do that HW might forward prefixes known to kernel
incorrectly. Take an example when default route is set in switch HW and there
is an IP address set on a management (non-switch) port.

Currently, only FIB entries related to the switch port netdev are
offloaded using switchdev ops. This model is not extendable so the
first patch introduces a replacement: notifier to propagate FIB entry
additions and removals to whoever is interested.

Although I am disappointed that we need to use notifiers to support
fib offloading properly (it seems ad-hoc and hackish), I cannot come
up with a better solution to the problem. :-)

So series applied, thanks Jiri!