linux-stable/net/bridge
Ido Schimmel 7ea829664d bridge: mcast: Remove pointless sequence generation counter assignment
The purpose of the sequence generation counter in the netlink callback
is to identify if a multipart dump is consistent or not by calling
nl_dump_check_consistent() whenever a message is generated.

The function is not invoked by the MDB code, rendering the sequence
generation counter assignment pointless. Remove it.

Note that even if the function was invoked, we still could not
accurately determine if the dump is consistent or not, as there is no
sequence generation counter for MDB entries, unlike nexthop objects, for
example.

Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2023-02-10 19:21:13 -08:00
..
netfilter bridge: use skb_ip_totlen in br netfilter 2023-02-01 20:54:27 -08:00
Kconfig bridge: cfm: Add BRIDGE_CFM to Kconfig. 2020-10-29 18:39:43 -07:00
Makefile net: bridge: mst: Multiple Spanning Tree (MST) mode 2022-03-17 16:49:57 -07:00
br.c bridge: switchdev: Allow device drivers to install locked FDB entries 2022-11-09 19:06:13 -08:00
br_arp_nd_proxy.c net: bridge: Use netif_rx(). 2022-03-04 12:02:19 +00:00
br_cfm.c bridge: cfm: remove redundant return 2021-06-22 10:35:15 -07:00
br_cfm_netlink.c bridge: cfm: Netlink Notifications. 2020-10-29 18:39:44 -07:00
br_device.c bridge: move from strlcpy with unused retval to strscpy 2022-08-22 17:57:30 -07:00
br_fdb.c bridge: switchdev: Allow device drivers to install locked FDB entries 2022-11-09 19:06:13 -08:00
br_forward.c net: Add skb_clear_tstamp() to keep the mono delivery_time 2022-03-03 14:38:48 +00:00
br_if.c kobject: make kobject_get_ownership() take a constant kobject * 2022-11-22 17:34:29 +01:00
br_input.c bridge: Add missing parentheses 2022-11-11 21:34:55 -08:00
br_ioctl.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next 2021-12-31 14:35:40 +00:00
br_mdb.c bridge: mcast: Remove pointless sequence generation counter assignment 2023-02-10 19:21:13 -08:00
br_mrp.c net: bridge: mrp: Update the Test frames for MRA 2021-06-28 15:46:10 -07:00
br_mrp_netlink.c bridge: mrp: Use hlist_head instead of list_head for mrp 2020-11-09 16:42:12 -08:00
br_mrp_switchdev.c bridge: mrp: Extend br_mrp_switchdev to detect better the errors 2021-02-16 14:47:46 -08:00
br_mst.c net: bridge: mst: Add helper to query a port's MST state 2022-03-17 16:49:58 -07:00
br_multicast.c net: bridge: Add netlink knobs for number / maximum MDB entries 2023-02-06 08:48:26 +00:00
br_multicast_eht.c treewide: Convert del_timer*() to timer_shutdown*() 2022-12-25 13:38:09 -08:00
br_netfilter_hooks.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2023-02-02 14:49:55 -08:00
br_netfilter_ipv6.c netfilter: br_netfilter: Drop dst references before setting. 2022-08-31 12:12:32 +02:00
br_netlink.c net: bridge: Add netlink knobs for number / maximum MDB entries 2023-02-06 08:48:26 +00:00
br_netlink_tunnel.c net: bridge: Set strict_start_type at two policies 2023-02-06 08:48:25 +00:00
br_nf_core.c net: add bool confirm_neigh parameter for dst_ops.update_pmtu 2019-12-24 22:28:54 -08:00
br_private.h net: bridge: Add netlink knobs for number / maximum MDB entries 2023-02-06 08:48:26 +00:00
br_private_cfm.h bridge: cfm: Kernel space implementation of CFM. CCM frame RX added. 2020-10-29 18:39:43 -07:00
br_private_mcast_eht.h net: bridge: multicast: use multicast contexts instead of bridge or port 2021-07-20 05:41:19 -07:00
br_private_mrp.h net: bridge: mrp: Update the Test frames for MRA 2021-06-28 15:46:10 -07:00
br_private_stp.h treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 152 2019-05-30 11:26:32 -07:00
br_private_tunnel.h net: bridge: change return type of br_handle_ingress_vlan_tunnel 2021-08-24 16:51:09 -07:00
br_stp.c net: bridge: mst: Multiple Spanning Tree (MST) mode 2022-03-17 16:49:57 -07:00
br_stp_bpdu.c net: bridge: add STP xstats 2019-12-14 20:02:36 -08:00
br_stp_if.c net: use eth_hw_addr_set() 2021-10-02 14:18:25 +01:00
br_stp_timer.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 152 2019-05-30 11:26:32 -07:00
br_switchdev.c netlink: provide an ability to set default extack message 2023-02-01 21:04:09 -08:00
br_sysfs_br.c bridge: Fix flushing of dynamic FDB entries 2022-11-02 20:47:09 -07:00
br_sysfs_if.c bridge: move from strlcpy with unused retval to strscpy 2022-08-22 17:57:30 -07:00
br_vlan.c net: bridge: Add netlink knobs for number / maximum MDB entries 2023-02-06 08:48:26 +00:00
br_vlan_options.c net: bridge: Add netlink knobs for number / maximum MDB entries 2023-02-06 08:48:26 +00:00
br_vlan_tunnel.c net: bridge: change return type of br_handle_ingress_vlan_tunnel 2021-08-24 16:51:09 -07:00