linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 net-next 01/11] net: bridge: add helper for retrieving the current bridge port STP state

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Message-ID: <2d6ee47b-3fc5-4884-11d3-99544a95219c@nvidia.com>
Date:   Tue, 23 Mar 2021 12:33:12 +0200
From:   Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...dia.com>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Tobias Waldekranz <tobias@...dekranz.com>,
        Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@....com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...dia.com>, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>,
        Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
        UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com, Ivan Vecera <ivecera@...hat.com>,
        linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
        Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 net-next 01/11] net: bridge: add helper for retrieving
 the current bridge port STP state

On 23/03/2021 01:51, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> From: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
> 
> It may happen that we have the following topology with DSA or any other
> switchdev driver with LAG offload:
> 
> ip link add br0 type bridge stp_state 1
> ip link add bond0 type bond
> ip link set bond0 master br0
> ip link set swp0 master bond0
> ip link set swp1 master bond0
> 
> STP decides that it should put bond0 into the BLOCKING state, and
> that's that. The ports that are actively listening for the switchdev
> port attributes emitted for the bond0 bridge port (because they are
> offloading it) and have the honor of seeing that switchdev port
> attribute can react to it, so we can program swp0 and swp1 into the
> BLOCKING state.
> 
> But if then we do:
> 
> ip link set swp2 master bond0
> 
> then as far as the bridge is concerned, nothing has changed: it still
> has one bridge port. But this new bridge port will not see any STP state
> change notification and will remain FORWARDING, which is how the
> standalone code leaves it in.
> 
> We need a function in the bridge driver which retrieves the current STP
> state, such that drivers can synchronize to it when they may have missed
> switchdev events.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
> Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
> Reviewed-by: Tobias Waldekranz <tobias@...dekranz.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/if_bridge.h |  6 ++++++
>  net/bridge/br_stp.c       | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
> 

Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...dia.com>