[PATCH 3/3] bridge: allow zero ageing time

Stephen Hemminger
2016-03-08T20:59:26Z

From: Stephen Hemminger <shemming@brocade.com>

This fixes a regression in the bridge ageing time caused by:
commit c62987bbd8a1 ("bridge: push bridge setting ageing_time down to switchdev")

There are users of Linux bridge which use the feature that if ageing time
is set to 0 it causes entries to never expire. See:
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/bridge

For a pure software bridge, it is unnecessary for the code to have
arbitrary restrictions on what values are allowable.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>

---
Please apply to 4.4 for stable as well.
---
include/linux/if_bridge.h | 4 ----
net/bridge/br_stp.c | 11 ++++++++---
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/if_bridge.h b/include/linux/if_bridge.h
index a338a68..dcb89e3 100644
--- a/include/linux/if_bridge.h
+++ b/include/linux/if_bridge.h
@@ -46,10 +46,6 @@ struct br_ip_list {
#define BR_LEARNING_SYNC BIT(9)
#define BR_PROXYARP_WIFI BIT(10)

-/* values as per ieee8021QBridgeFdbAgingTime */
-#define BR_MIN_AGEING_TIME (10 * HZ)
-#define BR_MAX_AGEING_TIME (1000000 * HZ)
-
#define BR_DEFAULT_AGEING_TIME (300 * HZ)

extern void brioctl_set(int (*ioctl_hook)(struct net *, unsigned int, void __user *));
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_stp.c b/net/bridge/br_stp.c
index b3cca12..8b5898a 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_stp.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_stp.c
@@ -568,6 +568,14 @@ int br_set_max_age(struct net_bridge *br, unsigned long val)

}

+/* Set time interval that dynamic forwarding entries live
+ * For pure software bridge, allow values outside the 802.1
+ * standard specification for special cases:
+ * 0 - entry never ages (all permanant)
+ * 1 - entry disappears (no persistance)
+ *
+ * Offloaded switch entries maybe more restrictive
+ */
int br_set_ageing_time(struct net_bridge *br, u32 ageing_time)
{
struct switchdev_attr attr = {
@@ -579,9 +587,6 @@ int br_set_ageing_time(struct net_bridge *br, u32 ageing_time)
unsigned long t = clock_t_to_jiffies(ageing_time);
int err;

- if (t < BR_MIN_AGEING_TIME || t > BR_MAX_AGEING_TIME)
- return -ERANGE;
-
err = switchdev_port_attr_set(br->dev, &attr);
if (err)
return err;
--
2.1.4