netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/1] resubmit bridge: fix message_age

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Date:	Thu, 12 Sep 2013 23:31:08 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	cphealy@...il.com
Cc:	stephen@...workplumber.org, bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, buytenh@...tstofly.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] resubmit bridge: fix message_age_timer calculation

From: Chris Healy <cphealy@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 21:37:47 -0700

> This changes the message_age_timer calculation to use the BPDU's max age as
> opposed to the local bridge's max age.  This is in accordance with section
> 8.6.2.3.2 Step 2 of the 802.1D-1998 sprecification.
> 
> With the current implementation, when running with very large bridge
> diameters, convergance will not always occur even if a root bridge is 
> configured to have a longer max age.
> 
> Tested successfully on bridge diameters of ~200.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chris Healy <cphealy@...il.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks!
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