On 5/19/17 7:25 PM, Ivan Vecera wrote:
Current bridge code incorrectly handles starting/stopping of hello and
hold timers during STP enable/disable.

1. Timers are stopped in br_stp_start() during NO_STP->USER_STP
    transition. This is not correct as the timers are stopped in NO_STP
    case.

This really is a noop, but ok.


2. Timers are started in br_stp_stop() during USER_STP->NO_STP transition.
    This is not also correct as the timers should be stopped in NO_STP
    state.

Indeed, but the actual end result is almost as them being stopped because
in the timers there are specific checks if the STP == KERNEL_STP (see
br_transmit_config()) and the hold_timers will simply expire and not rearm
in any other mode. The only real problem is the hello_timer which continues
to rearm itself, but with Xin's earlier patch that is taken care of too.


3. Timers are NOT stopped in br_stp_stop() during KERNEL_STP->NO_STP
    transition. They should be stopped as they are running in KERNEL_STP
    state and should not run in NO_STP case.

Same comment as for point 2.


The patch is a follow-up for "bridge: start hello_timer when enabling
KERNEL_STP in br_stp_start" patch from Xin Long.


I'd say this is more of a cleanup/improvement after Xin's patch and thus would
suggest targeting net-next. The only real issue is fixed by his patch.

Cc: da...@davemloft.net
Cc: sas...@cumulusnetworks.com
Cc: step...@networkplumber.org
Cc: bri...@lists.linux-foundation.org
Cc: lucien....@gmail.com
Cc: niko...@cumulusnetworks.com
Signed-off-by: Ivan Vecera <c...@cera.cz>
---
  net/bridge/br_stp_if.c | 15 +++++----------
  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c b/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c
index 0db8102995a5..f137ebf27755 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c
@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@ static int br_stp_call_user(struct net_bridge *br, char 
*arg)
static void br_stp_start(struct net_bridge *br)
  {
-       struct net_bridge_port *p;
        int err = -ENOENT;
if (net_eq(dev_net(br->dev), &init_net))
@@ -169,11 +168,6 @@ static void br_stp_start(struct net_bridge *br)
        if (!err) {
                br->stp_enabled = BR_USER_STP;
                br_debug(br, "userspace STP started\n");
-
-               /* Stop hello and hold timers */
-               del_timer(&br->hello_timer);
-               list_for_each_entry(p, &br->port_list, list)
-                       del_timer(&p->hold_timer);
        } else {
                br->stp_enabled = BR_KERNEL_STP;
                br_debug(br, "using kernel STP\n");
@@ -197,13 +191,14 @@ static void br_stp_stop(struct net_bridge *br)
                        br_err(br, "failed to stop userspace STP (%d)\n", err);
/* To start timers on any ports left in blocking */
-               mod_timer(&br->hello_timer, jiffies + br->hello_time);
-               list_for_each_entry(p, &br->port_list, list)
-                       mod_timer(&p->hold_timer,
-                                 round_jiffies(jiffies + BR_HOLD_TIME));
                spin_lock_bh(&br->lock);
                br_port_state_selection(br);
                spin_unlock_bh(&br->lock);
+       } else {
+               /* BR_KERNEL_STP - stop hello and hold timers */
+               del_timer(&br->hello_timer);
+               list_for_each_entry(p, &br->port_list, list)
+                       del_timer(&p->hold_timer);
        }
br->stp_enabled = BR_NO_STP;


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