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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 net-next 01/14] net: bridge: mst: Multiple Spanning Tree (MST) mode
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On 14/03/2022 12:37, Nikolay Aleksandrov wrote:
> On 14/03/2022 11:52, Tobias Waldekranz wrote:
>> Allow the user to switch from the current per-VLAN STP mode to an MST
>> mode.
>>
>> Up to this point, per-VLAN STP states where always isolated from each
>> other. This is in contrast to the MSTP standard (802.1Q-2018, Clause
>> 13.5), where VLANs are grouped into MST instances (MSTIs), and the
>> state is managed on a per-MSTI level, rather that at the per-VLAN
>> level.
>>
>> Perhaps due to the prevalence of the standard, many switching ASICs
>> are built after the same model. Therefore, add a corresponding MST
>> mode to the bridge, which we can later add offloading support for in a
>> straight-forward way.
>>
>> For now, all VLANs are fixed to MSTI 0, also called the Common
>> Spanning Tree (CST). That is, all VLANs will follow the port-global
>> state.
>>
>> Upcoming changes will make this actually useful by allowing VLANs to
>> be mapped to arbitrary MSTIs and allow individual MSTI states to be
>> changed.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tobias Waldekranz <tobias@waldekranz.com>
>> ---
> [snip]
>> diff --git a/net/bridge/br_private.h b/net/bridge/br_private.h
>> index 48bc61ebc211..35b47f6b449a 100644
>> --- a/net/bridge/br_private.h
>> +++ b/net/bridge/br_private.h
>> @@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ enum {
>> * @br_mcast_ctx: if MASTER flag set, this is the global vlan multicast context
>> * @port_mcast_ctx: if MASTER flag unset, this is the per-port/vlan multicast
>> * context
>> + * @msti: if MASTER flag set, this holds the VLANs MST instance
>> * @vlist: sorted list of VLAN entries
>> * @rcu: used for entry destruction
>> *
>> @@ -210,6 +211,8 @@ struct net_bridge_vlan {
>> struct net_bridge_mcast_port port_mcast_ctx;
>> };
>>
>> + u16 msti;
>> +
>> struct list_head vlist;
>>
>> struct rcu_head rcu;
>> @@ -445,6 +448,7 @@ enum net_bridge_opts {
>> BROPT_NO_LL_LEARN,
>> BROPT_VLAN_BRIDGE_BINDING,
>> BROPT_MCAST_VLAN_SNOOPING_ENABLED,
>> + BROPT_MST_ENABLED,
>> };
>>
>> struct net_bridge {
>> @@ -1765,6 +1769,29 @@ static inline bool br_vlan_state_allowed(u8 state, bool learn_allow)
>> }
>> #endif
>>
>> +/* br_mst.c */
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_BRIDGE_VLAN_FILTERING
>
> There is already such ifdef, you can embed all MST code inside it.
>

My bad, I somehow confused the function placement. This is good. :)

Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>

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