netdev - RE: [PATCH] bridge: Enable configuration of ageing interval for bridges and switch devices.

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Date:	Tue, 18 Aug 2015 09:08:42 +0000
From:	Premkumar Jonnala <pjonnala@...adcom.com>
To:	"Rosen, Rami" <rami.rosen@...el.com>,
	roopa <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] bridge: Enable configuration of ageing interval for
 bridges and switch devices.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rosen, Rami [mailto:rami.rosen@...el.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 10:25 AM
> To: Premkumar Jonnala; roopa
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: RE: [PATCH] bridge: Enable configuration of ageing interval for bridges
> and switch devices.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> First, I agree about the need to propagate the ageing interval to switchdev
> devices, so that hardware based aging can be setup correctly.
> 
> Second, in this occasion, I want to mention the need to
> turn off bridge ageing in the kernel as part of using switchdev devices. This is
> mentioned in
> https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-
> next/+/master/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt:
> 
> ...
> XXX: how to turn off ageing in kernel on a per-port basis or
> otherwise prevent the kernel from ageing out the FDB entry?
> ...
> 
> One can think of the option of using value 0 of the ageing interval as an
> indication to turn off bridge ageing in the kernel, and any other value bigger
> than MIN_AGEING_INTERVAL_SECS to turn on bridge ageing.

I recall that there was a patch proposed to prevent ageing of fdb entried by bridge in kernel,
when the fdb entry was added due to notification by switch device.  Please see:
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg314770.html

Somehow the patch is not visible in the net-next pull.

-Prem

> 
> As another option for a *per-port* boolean flag for enabling/disabling ageing,
> one can think of adding an IFLA_BRPORT_AGEING bool flag (and BR_AGEING)
> for IFLA_PROTINFO.
> 
> Regards,
> Rami Rosen
> Intel Corporation

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