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In preparation for getting rid of switchdev_ops, create a dedicated NDO operation for getting the port's parent identifier. There are essentially two classes of drivers that need to implement getting the port's parent ID which are VF/PF drivers with a built-in switch, and pure switchdev drivers such as mlxsw, ocelot, dsa etc. We introduce a helper function: dev_get_port_parent_id() which supports recursion into the lower devices to obtain the first port's parent ID. Convert the bridge, core and ipv4 multicast routing code to check for such ndo_get_port_parent_id() and call the helper function when valid before falling back to switchdev_port_attr_get(). This will allow us to convert all relevant drivers in one go instead of having to implement both switchdev_port_attr_get() and ndo_get_port_parent_id() operations, then get rid of switchdev_port_attr_get(). Acked-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@mellanox.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.