Re: [PATCH] bridge: make brctl showstp display port id

[Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>]

On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:39:08 +0200
Joakim Tjernlund <Joakim.Tjernlund@transmode.se> wrote:

> My brctl showstp br0 always shows a 0 port id:
> eth2 (1)
>  port id		0			state		       disabled
>  designated root	8000.00069c00b2fb	path cost		 100
> 
> because port id is printed as a hex number in sys fs. Change the
> two hex occurrences(port no and port id) to decimal, just like all
> the other numbers in this area.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joakim Tjernlund <Joakim.Tjernlund@transmode.se>
> ---
>  net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c |    4 ++--
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c
> index fd5799c..9c4c2eb 100644
> --- a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c
> +++ b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c
> @@ -86,13 +86,13 @@ static BRPORT_ATTR(designated_cost, S_IRUGO, show_designated_cost, NULL);
>  
>  static ssize_t show_port_id(struct net_bridge_port *p, char *buf)
>  {
> -	return sprintf(buf, "0x%x\n", p->port_id);
> +	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", p->port_id);
>  }
>  static BRPORT_ATTR(port_id, S_IRUGO, show_port_id, NULL);
>  
>  static ssize_t show_port_no(struct net_bridge_port *p, char *buf)
>  {
> -	return sprintf(buf, "0x%x\n", p->port_no);
> +	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", p->port_no);
>  }
>  
>  static BRPORT_ATTR(port_no, S_IRUGO, show_port_no, NULL);

No. This would be a visible change to applications.
The bridge utilities should be fixed instead.