netdev - Cannot set ageing to zero

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Date:	Tue, 26 Jan 2016 15:26:30 -0200
From:	Flavio Leitner <fbl@...close.org>
To:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Scott Feldman <sfeldma@...il.com>
Cc:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Subject: Cannot set ageing to zero


Hi,

After the commit[1] below, we can't set ageing on a Linux bridge device
to zero.  It seems rocker needs the minimum value, but we can't break
an old and valid Linux bridge behavior. 

[1] commit c62987bbd8a1a1664f99e89e3959339350a6131e
Author: Scott Feldman <sfeldma@...il.com>
Date:   Thu Oct 8 19:23:19 2015 -0700

    bridge: push bridge setting ageing_time down to switchdev
    
    Use SWITCHDEV_F_SKIP_EOPNOTSUPP to skip over ports in bridge that
    don't support setting ageing_time (or setting bridge attrs in
    general). 
    If push fails, don't update ageing_time in bridge and return err to
    user. 
    If push succeeds, update ageing_time in bridge and run gc_timer now
    to recalabrate when to run gc_timer next, based on new ageing_time.
    
    Signed-off-by: Scott Feldman <sfeldma@...il.com>
    Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
    Acked-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
    Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>


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fbl