netdev - Re: [PATCH] bridge: skip forwarding delay if not using STP

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Message-Id: <20110314.150708.116369703.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:07:08 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	shemminger@...tta.com
Cc:	bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bridge: skip forwarding delay if not using STP

From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 07:57:04 -0800

> If Spanning Tree Protocol is not enabled, there is no good reason for
> the bridge code to wait for the forwarding delay period before enabling
> the link. The purpose of the forwarding delay is to allow STP to
> learn about other bridges before nominating itself.
> 
> The only possible impact is that when starting up a new port
> the bridge may flood a packet now, where previously it might have
> seen traffic from the other host and preseeded the forwarding table.
> 
> Includes change for local variable br already available in that func.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>

Applied to net-2.6, thanks.
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