netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] bridge: multicast: start querier timer when running user-space stp

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Date:	Fri, 19 Jun 2015 16:51:37 +0300
From:	Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	stephen@...workplumber.org, sashok@...ulusnetworks.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] bridge: multicast: start querier timer when running user-space stp


> On Jun 19, 2015, at 4:47 PM, Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 01:45:50AM -0700, Nikolay Aleksandrov wrote:
>> When STP is running in user-space and querier is configured, the
>> querier timer is not started when a port goes to a non-blocking state.
>> This patch unifies the user- and kernel-space stp multicast port enable
>> path and enables it in all states different from blocking. Note that when a
>> port goes in BR_STATE_DISABLED it's not enabled because that is handled
>> in the beginning of the port list loop.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
> 
> On a related note, we never disable the multicast querying when
> the port goes into blocking mode and we probably should.  So could
> you take a look at that and create a patch for it?
> 
> Thanks,
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> Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
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Good catch, I’ll look into it.

Thanks,
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