bridge: stp: when using userspace stp stop kernel hello and hold timers
These should be handled only by the respective STP which is in control.
They become problematic for devices with limited resources with many
ports because the hold_timer is per port and fires each second and the
hello timer fires each 2 seconds even though it's global. While in
user-space STP mode these timers are completely unnecessary so it's better
to keep them off.
Also ensure that when the bridge is up these timers are started only when
running with kernel STP.
Signed-off-by: Satish Ashok <sashok@cumulusnetworks.com>
Signed-off-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@cumulusnetworks.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c b/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c
index a2730e7..4ca449a 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@
struct net_bridge_port *p;
spin_lock_bh(&br->lock);
- mod_timer(&br->hello_timer, jiffies + br->hello_time);
+ if (br->stp_enabled == BR_KERNEL_STP)
+ mod_timer(&br->hello_timer, jiffies + br->hello_time);
mod_timer(&br->gc_timer, jiffies + HZ/10);
br_config_bpdu_generation(br);
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@
int r;
char *argv[] = { BR_STP_PROG, br->dev->name, "start", NULL };
char *envp[] = { NULL };
+ struct net_bridge_port *p;
r = call_usermodehelper(BR_STP_PROG, argv, envp, UMH_WAIT_PROC);
@@ -140,6 +142,10 @@
if (r == 0) {
br->stp_enabled = BR_USER_STP;
br_debug(br, "userspace STP started\n");
+ /* Stop hello and hold timers */
+ del_timer(&br->hello_timer);
+ list_for_each_entry(p, &br->port_list, list)
+ del_timer(&p->hold_timer);
} else {
br->stp_enabled = BR_KERNEL_STP;
br_debug(br, "using kernel STP\n");
@@ -156,12 +162,17 @@
int r;
char *argv[] = { BR_STP_PROG, br->dev->name, "stop", NULL };
char *envp[] = { NULL };
+ struct net_bridge_port *p;
if (br->stp_enabled == BR_USER_STP) {
r = call_usermodehelper(BR_STP_PROG, argv, envp, UMH_WAIT_PROC);
br_info(br, "userspace STP stopped, return code %d\n", r);
/* To start timers on any ports left in blocking */
+ mod_timer(&br->hello_timer, jiffies + br->hello_time);
+ list_for_each_entry(p, &br->port_list, list)
+ mod_timer(&p->hold_timer,
+ round_jiffies(jiffies + BR_HOLD_TIME));
spin_lock_bh(&br->lock);
br_port_state_selection(br);
spin_unlock_bh(&br->lock);