netdev - Re: [PATCH] bridge: fdb cleanup runs too often

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Message-Id: <20100617.135554.39173816.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:55:54 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	shemminger@...tta.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bridge: fdb cleanup runs too often

From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:14:12 -0700

> 
> It is common in end-node, non STP bridges to set forwarding
> delay to zero; which causes the forwarding database cleanup
> to run every clock tick. Change to run only as soon as needed
> or at next ageing timer interval which ever is sooner.
> 
> Use round_jiffies_up macro rather than attempting round up
> by changing value.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.
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