mrp: add periodictimer to allow retries when packets get lost
MRP doesn't implement the periodictimer in 802.1Q, so it never retries
if packets get lost. I ran into this problem when MRP sent a MVRP
JoinIn before the interface was fully up. The JoinIn was lost, MRP
didn't retry, and MVRP registration failed.
Tested against Juniper QFabric switches
Signed-off-by: Noel Burton-Krahn <noel@burton-krahn.com>
Acked-by: David Ward <david.ward@ll.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/include/net/mrp.h b/include/net/mrp.h
index 4fbf02a..0f7558b 100644
--- a/include/net/mrp.h
+++ b/include/net/mrp.h
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@
struct mrp_application *app;
struct net_device *dev;
struct timer_list join_timer;
+ struct timer_list periodic_timer;
spinlock_t lock;
struct sk_buff_head queue;