bridge: add sysfs hook to flush forwarding table
The RSTP daemon needs to be able to flush all dynamic forwarding
entries in the case of topology change.
This is a temporary interface. It will change to a netlink interface
before RSTP daemon is officially released.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
index 01a22ad..6cc5cfe 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
@@ -309,6 +309,19 @@
static DEVICE_ATTR(group_addr, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
show_group_addr, store_group_addr);
+static ssize_t store_flush(struct device *d,
+ struct device_attribute *attr,
+ const char *buf, size_t len)
+{
+ struct net_bridge *br = to_bridge(d);
+
+ if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
+ return -EPERM;
+
+ br_fdb_flush(br);
+ return len;
+}
+static DEVICE_ATTR(flush, S_IWUSR, NULL, store_flush);
static struct attribute *bridge_attrs[] = {
&dev_attr_forward_delay.attr,
@@ -328,6 +341,7 @@
&dev_attr_topology_change_timer.attr,
&dev_attr_gc_timer.attr,
&dev_attr_group_addr.attr,
+ &dev_attr_flush.attr,
NULL
};