This is a revised version of Kishore's patch to set message age appropriately
in STP configuration packets.
Signed-off-by: Kishore A K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
diff -Nru a/net/bridge/br_stp.c b/net/bridge/br_stp.c
--- a/net/bridge/br_stp.c 2004-06-29 14:45:50 -07:00
+++ b/net/bridge/br_stp.c 2004-06-29 14:45:50 -07:00
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@
#include "br_private.h"
#include "br_private_stp.h"
+/* since time values in bpdu are in jiffies and then scaled (1/256)
+ * before sending, make sure that is at least one.
+ */
+#define MESSAGE_AGE_INCR ((HZ < 256) ? 1 : (HZ/256))
+
static const char *br_port_state_names[] = {
[BR_STATE_DISABLED] = "disabled",
[BR_STATE_LISTENING] = "listening",
@@ -157,24 +162,25 @@
bpdu.root_path_cost = br->root_path_cost;
bpdu.bridge_id = br->bridge_id;
bpdu.port_id = p->port_id;
- bpdu.message_age = 0;
- if (!br_is_root_bridge(br)) {
+ if (br_is_root_bridge(br))
+ bpdu.message_age = 0;
+ else {
struct net_bridge_port *root
= br_get_port(br, br->root_port);
- bpdu.max_age = root->message_age_timer.expires - jiffies;
-
- if (bpdu.max_age <= 0) bpdu.max_age = 1;
+ bpdu.message_age = br->max_age
+ - (root->message_age_timer.expires - jiffies)
+ + MESSAGE_AGE_INCR;
}
bpdu.max_age = br->max_age;
bpdu.hello_time = br->hello_time;
bpdu.forward_delay = br->forward_delay;
- br_send_config_bpdu(p, &bpdu);
-
- p->topology_change_ack = 0;
- p->config_pending = 0;
-
- mod_timer(&p->hold_timer, jiffies + BR_HOLD_TIME);
+ if (bpdu.message_age < br->max_age) {
+ br_send_config_bpdu(p, &bpdu);
+ p->topology_change_ack = 0;
+ p->config_pending = 0;
+ mod_timer(&p->hold_timer, jiffies + BR_HOLD_TIME);
+ }
}
/* called under bridge lock */
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