Re: [Bridge] STP Loop not blocking

[Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>]

On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:46:48 -0800
"Jake Farrell" <jake@amperion.com> wrote:

> The setup is as follows
> 
> ixp4xx #1:  br0 (eth0, eth1, ath0, ath1) STP enabled
>                   |                 |
>                   |                 |
>                   |                 |
> ixp4xx #2:  br0 (eth0, eth1, ath0, ath1) STP enabled
> 
> with 2.6.16 one of the interfaces goes to blocking and the other is left to forward. In 2.6.18 the interfaces always stay forwarding.
> 
> Jake
> 
> 
> >
> > Recently ran into a problem with the 2.6.18 kernel on Xscale arch when 
> > a bridge, with multiple interfaces on it, is configured with a 
> > redundant loop. All interfaces are left on forwarding and nexer switch 
> > to block when the loop is introduced. This was tested against a 2.6.16 
> > kernel and the problem did not occur, interfaces forwared and blocked 
> > correctly. Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> Since you haven't give much detail on your setup (is stp enabled on both 
> bridges, for example), I'm not 100% clear what may be happening.  But it 
> does sound like something I ran into before.
> 
> See my post, and Stephen's reply:
> http://lists.osdl.org/pipermail/bridge/2006-December/001573.html
> 
> Cam

There haven't been a huge number of bridge changes, perhaps
STP got broken. Git bisect to a particular changeset would help

-- 
Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>