netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2] bridge: stp: when using userspace stp stop kernel hello and hold timers

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Date:	Tue, 28 Jul 2015 23:33:33 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	stephen@...workplumber.org, razor@...ckwall.org,
	sashok@...ulusnetworks.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] bridge: stp: when using userspace stp stop
 kernel hello and hold timers

From: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 11:01:05 -0700

> From: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>
> 
> 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@...ulusnetworks.com>
> Signed-off-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>

Applied, thanks.
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