Linux Ethernet Bridging - May 2017 - [Bridge] [PATCH net] bridge: start hello_timer when enabling KERNEL_STP in br_stp_start

On 5/19/17 5:20 PM, Xin Long wrote:
> Since commit 76b91c32dd86 ("bridge: stp: when using userspace stp stop
> kernel hello and hold timers"), bridge would not start hello_timer if
> stp_enabled is not KERNEL_STP when br_dev_open.
> 
> The problem is even if users set stp_enabled with KERNEL_STP later,
> the timer will still not be started. It causes that KERNEL_STP can
> not really work. Users have to re-ifup the bridge to avoid this.
> 
> This patch is to fix it by starting br->hello_timer when enabling
> KERNEL_STP in br_stp_start.
> 
> As an improvement, it's also to start hello_timer again only when
> br->stp_enabled is KERNEL_STP in br_hello_timer_expired, there is
> no reason to start the timer again when it's NO_STP.
> 
> Fixes: 76b91c32dd86 ("bridge: stp: when using userspace stp stop
kernel hello and hold timers")
> Reported-by: Haidong Li <haili at redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Xin Long <lucien.xin at gmail.com>
> ---
>   net/bridge/br_stp_if.c    | 1 +
>   net/bridge/br_stp_timer.c | 2 +-
>   2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c b/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c
> index 08341d2..0db8102 100644
> --- a/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c
> +++ b/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c
> @@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ static void br_stp_start(struct net_bridge *br)
>   		br_debug(br, "using kernel STP\n");
>   
>   		/* To start timers on any ports left in blocking */
> +		mod_timer(&br->hello_timer, jiffies + br->hello_time);
>   		br_port_state_selection(br);
>   	}
>   
> diff --git a/net/bridge/br_stp_timer.c b/net/bridge/br_stp_timer.c
> index c98b3e5..60b6fe2 100644
> --- a/net/bridge/br_stp_timer.c
> +++ b/net/bridge/br_stp_timer.c
> @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ static void br_hello_timer_expired(unsigned long arg)
>   	if (br->dev->flags & IFF_UP) {
>   		br_config_bpdu_generation(br);
>   
> -		if (br->stp_enabled != BR_USER_STP)
> +		if (br->stp_enabled == BR_KERNEL_STP)
>   			mod_timer(&br->hello_timer,
>   				  round_jiffies(jiffies + br->hello_time));
>   	}
> 
+CC Bridge maintainers & fixes commit author

Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay at cumulusnetworks.com>