netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 iproute2 0/3] Multiple Spanning Tree (MST) Support

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Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 09:50:05 +0300
From: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>
To: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com>,
 Tobias Waldekranz <tobias@...dekranz.com>
Cc: stephen@...workplumber.org, dsahern@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 iproute2 0/3] Multiple Spanning Tree (MST) Support

On 26/06/2024 09:47, Hangbin Liu wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 24, 2024 at 03:00:32PM +0200, Tobias Waldekranz wrote:
>> This series adds support for:
>>
>> - Enabling MST on a bridge:
>>
>>       ip link set dev <BR> type bridge mst_enable 1
>>
>> - (Re)associating VLANs with an MSTI:
>>
>>       bridge vlan global set dev <BR> vid <X> msti <Y>
>>
>> - Setting the port state in a given MSTI:
>>
>>       bridge mst set dev <PORT> msti <Y> state <Z>
>>
>> - Listing the current port MST states:
>>
>>       bridge mst show
> 
> Tested-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com>
> 
> With following steps:
> + /home/iproute2/ip/ip link add br0 type bridge
> + /home/iproute2/ip/ip link set br0 type bridge mst_enabled 1
> + /home/iproute2/ip/ip link add type veth
> + /home/iproute2/ip/ip link set veth0 master br0
> + /home/iproute2/bridge/bridge vlan add dev br0 vid 1-3 self
> + /home/iproute2/bridge/bridge vlan global set dev br0 vid 2 msti 3
> + /home/iproute2/bridge/bridge vlan add dev veth0 vid 1-3
> + /home/iproute2/bridge/bridge mst set dev veth0 msti 3 state 1
> + /home/iproute2/bridge/bridge mst show
> port              msti
> veth0             0
>                     state disabled
>                   3
>                     state listening
> 
> 
> There is one issue I got (should be kernel issue):
> 
> + /home/iproute2/ip/ip link set br0 type bridge mst_enabled 0
> Error: MST mode can't be changed while VLANs exist.
> 
>   If I want disable mst, I got failed as there is VLAN info, which is expected
> 
> + /home/iproute2/ip/ip link set veth0 nomaster
> + /home/iproute2/ip/ip link set veth0 master br0
> + /home/iproute2/ip/ip link set br0 type bridge mst_enabled 0
> Error: MST mode can't be changed while VLANs exist.
> 
>   But I got failed again after remove and re-add veth0, is this expected?
>   I thought the VLAN info should be cleared after removing.
> 

Probably default vlan 1 got added to the port when it was enslaved.

> + /home/iproute2/ip/ip link set veth0 nomaster
> + /home/iproute2/ip/ip link set br0 type bridge mst_enabled 0
> 
>   It works after I remove veth0.
>