Commit 9cde0708 authored by Stephen Hemminger's avatar Stephen Hemminger Committed by David S. Miller
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bridge: add support for user mode STP 



This patchset based on work by Aji_Srinivas@emc.com provides allows
spanning tree to be controled from userspace.  Like hotplug, it
uses call_usermodehelper when spanning tree is enabled so there
is no visible API change. If call to start usermode STP fails
it falls back to existing kernel STP.

Signed-off-by: default avatarStephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
parent 9cf63747

net/bridge/br_if.c

+1 −1
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@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ static struct net_device *new_bridge_dev(const char *name) 
	memcpy(br->group_addr, br_group_address, ETH_ALEN);



	br->feature_mask = dev->features;

	br->stp_enabled = 0;

	br->stp_enabled = BR_NO_STP;

	br->designated_root = br->bridge_id;

	br->root_path_cost = 0;

	br->root_port = 0;

net/bridge/br_ioctl.c

+3 −2
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@@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ static int old_dev_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd) 
		b.topology_change = br->topology_change;

		b.topology_change_detected = br->topology_change_detected;

		b.root_port = br->root_port;

		b.stp_enabled = br->stp_enabled;



		b.stp_enabled = (br->stp_enabled != BR_NO_STP);

		b.ageing_time = jiffies_to_clock_t(br->ageing_time);

		b.hello_timer_value = br_timer_value(&br->hello_timer);

		b.tcn_timer_value = br_timer_value(&br->tcn_timer);
@@ -251,7 +252,7 @@ static int old_dev_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd) 
		if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))

			return -EPERM;



		br->stp_enabled = args[1]?1:0;

		br_stp_set_enabled(br, args[1]);

		return 0;



	case BRCTL_SET_BRIDGE_PRIORITY:

net/bridge/br_netlink.c

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@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ static int br_rtm_setlink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, void *arg) 
		return -EINVAL;



	/* if kernel STP is running, don't allow changes */

	if (p->br->stp_enabled)

	if (p->br->stp_enabled == BR_KERNEL_STP)

		return -EBUSY;



	if (!netif_running(dev) ||

net/bridge/br_private.h

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@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@ 
#define BR_PORT_BITS	10

#define BR_MAX_PORTS	(1<<BR_PORT_BITS)



#define BR_VERSION	"2.2"

#define BR_VERSION	"2.3"



/* Path to usermode spanning tree program */

#define BR_STP_PROG	"/sbin/bridge-stp"



typedef struct bridge_id bridge_id;

typedef struct mac_addr mac_addr;
@@ -107,7 +110,13 @@ struct net_bridge 


	u8				group_addr[ETH_ALEN];

	u16				root_port;

	unsigned char			stp_enabled;



	enum {

		BR_NO_STP, 		/* no spanning tree */

		BR_KERNEL_STP,		/* old STP in kernel */

		BR_USER_STP,		/* new RSTP in userspace */

	} stp_enabled;



	unsigned char			topology_change;

	unsigned char			topology_change_detected;
@@ -127,7 +136,6 @@ static inline int br_is_root_bridge(const struct net_bridge *br) 
	return !memcmp(&br->bridge_id, &br->designated_root, 8);

}





/* br_device.c */

extern void br_dev_setup(struct net_device *dev);

extern int br_dev_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev);
@@ -209,6 +217,7 @@ extern void br_become_designated_port(struct net_bridge_port *p); 
/* br_stp_if.c */

extern void br_stp_enable_bridge(struct net_bridge *br);

extern void br_stp_disable_bridge(struct net_bridge *br);

extern void br_stp_set_enabled(struct net_bridge *br, unsigned long val);

extern void br_stp_enable_port(struct net_bridge_port *p);

extern void br_stp_disable_port(struct net_bridge_port *p);

extern void br_stp_recalculate_bridge_id(struct net_bridge *br);

net/bridge/br_stp.c

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@@ -370,11 +370,11 @@ static void br_make_blocking(struct net_bridge_port *p) 
static void br_make_forwarding(struct net_bridge_port *p)

{

	if (p->state == BR_STATE_BLOCKING) {

		if (p->br->stp_enabled) {

		if (p->br->stp_enabled == BR_KERNEL_STP)

			p->state = BR_STATE_LISTENING;

		} else {

		else

			p->state = BR_STATE_LEARNING;

		}



		br_log_state(p);

		mod_timer(&p->forward_delay_timer, jiffies + p->br->forward_delay);	}

}
@@ -384,6 +384,10 @@ void br_port_state_selection(struct net_bridge *br) 
{

	struct net_bridge_port *p;



	/* Don't change port states if userspace is handling STP */

	if (br->stp_enabled == BR_USER_STP)

		return;



	list_for_each_entry(p, &br->port_list, list) {

		if (p->state != BR_STATE_DISABLED) {

			if (p->port_no == br->root_port) {

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