Re: [Bridge] [PATCH] bridge: push blocking slaves to forwarding when turning stp off

2011-12-20 Thread Vitalii Demianets
On Tuesday 20 December 2011 20:11:17 Stephen Hemminger wrote: > I had to go do real work last week. > Let me test and look at it more detail. > There is no urgency, the problem has existed for many years. Please excuse me. It was only my impatience and "deferred" status on the David's patchwork s

Re: [Bridge] [PATCH] bridge: push blocking slaves to forwarding when turning stp off

2011-12-20 Thread Stephen Hemminger
On Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:59:11 +0200 Vitalii Demianets wrote: > Hello, Stephen! > I can not understand your silence. > There are issues fixed by the patch in question. For example, if the > interface > is left in blocking state after stp was turned off, that state is not > stable - it can flip t

Re: [Bridge] [PATCH] bridge: push blocking slaves to forwarding when turning stp off

2011-12-20 Thread Vitalii Demianets
Hello, Stephen! I can not understand your silence. There are issues fixed by the patch in question. For example, if the interface is left in blocking state after stp was turned off, that state is not stable - it can flip to forwarding state in unpredictable times, e.g. when _any other_ slave of