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Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/6] net: bridge: convert mdb_entry host_joined to a flags field

From: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
Date: 2026-06-03 07:38:52
Also in: bridge, linux-kselftest, lkml

On 02/06/2026 03:43, Luke Howard wrote:
Replace the bool host_joined in struct net_bridge_mdb_entry with a u8
flags field and a BRIDGE_MDBE_F_HOST_JOINED bit.

Signed-off-by: Luke Howard <redacted>
---
  net/bridge/br_input.c     |  2 +-
  net/bridge/br_mdb.c       | 14 ++++++++------
  net/bridge/br_multicast.c | 26 ++++++++++++++------------
  net/bridge/br_private.h   |  4 +++-
  net/bridge/br_switchdev.c |  2 +-
  5 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
it's best these new flags to be unsigned long and use test/set_bit for
manipulating them, otherwise kcsan won't be happy
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_input.c b/net/bridge/br_input.c
index 470615675bdc0..5787066b1f4cb 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_input.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_input.c
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ int br_handle_frame_finish(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb
  		mdst = br_mdb_entry_skb_get(brmctx, skb, vid);
  		if ((mdst || BR_INPUT_SKB_CB_MROUTERS_ONLY(skb)) &&
  		    br_multicast_querier_exists(brmctx, eth_hdr(skb), mdst)) {
-			if ((mdst && mdst->host_joined) ||
+			if ((mdst && (mdst->flags & BRIDGE_MDBE_F_HOST_JOINED)) ||
  			    br_multicast_is_router(brmctx, skb) ||
  			    br->dev->flags & IFF_ALLMULTI) {
  				local_rcv = true;
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_mdb.c b/net/bridge/br_mdb.c
index 3ddfbd536edb4..b95ca72ec6347 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_mdb.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_mdb.c
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ static int br_mdb_fill_info(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb,
  			break;
  		}
  
-		if (!s_pidx && mp->host_joined) {
+		if (!s_pidx && (mp->flags & BRIDGE_MDBE_F_HOST_JOINED)) {
  			err = __mdb_fill_info(skb, mp, NULL);
  			if (err) {
  				nla_nest_cancel(skb, nest2);
@@ -1053,7 +1053,8 @@ static int br_mdb_add_group(const struct br_mdb_config *cfg,
  
  	/* host join */
  	if (!port) {
-		if (mp->host_joined && !(cfg->nlflags & NLM_F_REPLACE)) {
+		if ((mp->flags & BRIDGE_MDBE_F_HOST_JOINED) &&
+		    !(cfg->nlflags & NLM_F_REPLACE)) {
  			NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Group is already joined by host");
  			return -EEXIST;
  		}
@@ -1381,7 +1382,8 @@ static int __br_mdb_del(const struct br_mdb_config *cfg)
  		goto unlock;
  
  	/* host leave */
-	if (entry->ifindex == mp->br->dev->ifindex && mp->host_joined) {
+	if (entry->ifindex == mp->br->dev->ifindex &&
+	    (mp->flags & BRIDGE_MDBE_F_HOST_JOINED)) {
  		br_multicast_host_leave(mp, false);
  		err = 0;
  		br_mdb_notify(br->dev, mp, NULL, RTM_DELMDB);
@@ -1619,7 +1621,7 @@ br_mdb_get_reply_alloc(const struct net_bridge_mdb_entry *mp)
  		     /* MDBA_MDB_ENTRY */
  		     nla_total_size(0);
  
-	if (mp->host_joined)
+	if (mp->flags & BRIDGE_MDBE_F_HOST_JOINED)
  		nlmsg_size += rtnl_mdb_nlmsg_pg_size(NULL);
  
  	for (pg = mlock_dereference(mp->ports, mp->br); pg;
@@ -1658,7 +1660,7 @@ static int br_mdb_get_reply_fill(struct sk_buff *skb,
  		goto cancel;
  	}
  
-	if (mp->host_joined) {
+	if (mp->flags & BRIDGE_MDBE_F_HOST_JOINED) {
  		err = __mdb_fill_info(skb, mp, NULL);
  		if (err)
  			goto cancel;
@@ -1702,7 +1704,7 @@ int br_mdb_get(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[], u32 portid, u32 seq,
  	spin_lock_bh(&br->multicast_lock);
  
  	mp = br_mdb_ip_get(br, &group);
-	if (!mp || (!mp->ports && !mp->host_joined)) {
+	if (!mp || (!mp->ports && !(mp->flags & BRIDGE_MDBE_F_HOST_JOINED))) {
  		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "MDB entry not found");
  		err = -ENOENT;
  		goto unlock;
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_multicast.c b/net/bridge/br_multicast.c
index 5d6fdfb43c046..4107bf7bd271f 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_multicast.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_multicast.c
@@ -391,13 +391,13 @@ static void br_multicast_sg_host_state(struct net_bridge_mdb_entry *star_mp,
  
  	if (WARN_ON(!br_multicast_is_star_g(&star_mp->addr)))
  		return;
-	if (!star_mp->host_joined)
+	if (!(star_mp->flags & BRIDGE_MDBE_F_HOST_JOINED))
  		return;
  
  	sg_mp = br_mdb_ip_get(star_mp->br, &sg->key.addr);
  	if (!sg_mp)
  		return;
-	sg_mp->host_joined = true;
+	sg_mp->flags |= BRIDGE_MDBE_F_HOST_JOINED;
  }
  
  /* set the host_joined state of all of *,G's S,G entries */
@@ -425,7 +425,8 @@ static void br_multicast_star_g_host_state(struct net_bridge_mdb_entry *star_mp)
  			sg_mp = br_mdb_ip_get(br, &sg_ip);
  			if (!sg_mp)
  				continue;
-			sg_mp->host_joined = star_mp->host_joined;
+			sg_mp->flags &= ~BRIDGE_MDBE_F_HOST_JOINED;
+			sg_mp->flags |= star_mp->flags & BRIDGE_MDBE_F_HOST_JOINED;
  		}
  	}
  }
@@ -453,7 +454,7 @@ static void br_multicast_sg_del_exclude_ports(struct net_bridge_mdb_entry *sgmp)
  	 * we treat it as EXCLUDE {}, so for an S,G it's considered a
  	 * STAR_EXCLUDE entry and we can safely leave it
  	 */
-	sgmp->host_joined = false;
+	sgmp->flags &= ~BRIDGE_MDBE_F_HOST_JOINED;
  
  	for (pp = &sgmp->ports;
  	     (p = mlock_dereference(*pp, sgmp->br)) != NULL;) {
@@ -824,7 +825,8 @@ void br_multicast_del_pg(struct net_bridge_mdb_entry *mp,
  	hlist_add_head(&pg->mcast_gc.gc_node, &br->mcast_gc_list);
  	queue_work(system_long_wq, &br->mcast_gc_work);
  
-	if (!mp->ports && !mp->host_joined && netif_running(br->dev))
+	if (!mp->ports && !(mp->flags & BRIDGE_MDBE_F_HOST_JOINED) &&
+	    netif_running(br->dev))
  		mod_timer(&mp->timer, jiffies);
  }
  
@@ -1470,8 +1472,8 @@ void br_multicast_del_port_group(struct net_bridge_port_group *p)
  void br_multicast_host_join(const struct net_bridge_mcast *brmctx,
  			    struct net_bridge_mdb_entry *mp, bool notify)
  {
-	if (!mp->host_joined) {
-		mp->host_joined = true;
+	if (!(mp->flags & BRIDGE_MDBE_F_HOST_JOINED)) {
+		mp->flags |= BRIDGE_MDBE_F_HOST_JOINED;
  		if (br_multicast_is_star_g(&mp->addr))
  			br_multicast_star_g_host_state(mp);
  		if (notify)
@@ -1486,10 +1488,10 @@ void br_multicast_host_join(const struct net_bridge_mcast *brmctx,
  
  void br_multicast_host_leave(struct net_bridge_mdb_entry *mp, bool notify)
  {
-	if (!mp->host_joined)
+	if (!(mp->flags & BRIDGE_MDBE_F_HOST_JOINED))
  		return;
  
-	mp->host_joined = false;
+	mp->flags &= ~BRIDGE_MDBE_F_HOST_JOINED;
  	if (br_multicast_is_star_g(&mp->addr))
  		br_multicast_star_g_host_state(mp);
  	if (notify)
@@ -3537,7 +3539,7 @@ static void br_ip4_multicast_query(struct net_bridge_mcast *brmctx,
  
  	max_delay *= brmctx->multicast_last_member_count;
  
-	if (mp->host_joined &&
+	if ((mp->flags & BRIDGE_MDBE_F_HOST_JOINED) &&
  	    (timer_pending(&mp->timer) ?
  	     time_after(mp->timer.expires, now + max_delay) :
  	     timer_delete_sync_try(&mp->timer) >= 0))
@@ -3626,7 +3628,7 @@ static int br_ip6_multicast_query(struct net_bridge_mcast *brmctx,
  		goto out;
  
  	max_delay *= brmctx->multicast_last_member_count;
-	if (mp->host_joined &&
+	if ((mp->flags & BRIDGE_MDBE_F_HOST_JOINED) &&
  	    (timer_pending(&mp->timer) ?
  	     time_after(mp->timer.expires, now + max_delay) :
  	     timer_delete_sync_try(&mp->timer) >= 0))
@@ -3722,7 +3724,7 @@ br_multicast_leave_group(struct net_bridge_mcast *brmctx,
  		     brmctx->multicast_last_member_interval;
  
  	if (!pmctx) {
-		if (mp->host_joined &&
+		if ((mp->flags & BRIDGE_MDBE_F_HOST_JOINED) &&
  		    (timer_pending(&mp->timer) ?
  		     time_after(mp->timer.expires, time) :
  		     timer_delete_sync_try(&mp->timer) >= 0)) {
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_private.h b/net/bridge/br_private.h
index 6a2dabd6f4bfb..1e0eefaf50dd1 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_private.h
+++ b/net/bridge/br_private.h
@@ -373,12 +373,14 @@ struct net_bridge_port_group {
  	struct rcu_head			rcu;
  };
  
+#define BRIDGE_MDBE_F_HOST_JOINED	BIT(0)
+
  struct net_bridge_mdb_entry {
  	struct rhash_head		rhnode;
  	struct net_bridge		*br;
  	struct net_bridge_port_group __rcu *ports;
  	struct br_ip			addr;
-	bool				host_joined;
+	u8				flags;
  
  	struct timer_list		timer;
  	struct hlist_node		mdb_node;
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_switchdev.c b/net/bridge/br_switchdev.c
index c46d8e49ce990..39535f1a6b8ce 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_switchdev.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_switchdev.c
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ br_switchdev_mdb_replay(struct net_device *br_dev, struct net_device *dev,
  		struct net_bridge_port_group __rcu * const *pp;
  		const struct net_bridge_port_group *p;
  
-		if (mp->host_joined) {
+		if (mp->flags & BRIDGE_MDBE_F_HOST_JOINED) {
  			err = br_switchdev_mdb_queue_one(&mdb_list, dev, action,
  							 SWITCHDEV_OBJ_ID_HOST_MDB,
  							 mp, NULL, br_dev);
  
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