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From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@gmail.com>
Cc: f.fainelli@gmail.com, vivien.didelot@gmail.com,
	davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, georg.waibel@sensor-technik.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 19/24] net: dsa: sja1105: Add support for Spanning Tree Protocol
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 18:41:41 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190413164141.GH17901@lunn.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190413012822.30931-20-olteanv@gmail.com>

On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 04:28:17AM +0300, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> While not explicitly documented as supported in UM10944, compliance with
> the STP states can be obtained by manipulating 3 settings at the
> (per-port) MAC config level: dynamic learning, inhibiting reception of
> regular traffic, and inhibiting transmission of regular traffic.
> 
> In all these modes, transmission and reception of special BPDU frames
> from the stack is still enabled (not inhibited by the MAC-level
> settings).
> 
> On ingress, BPDUs are classified by the MAC filter as link-local
> (01-80-C2-00-00-00) and forwarded to the CPU port.  This mechanism works
> under all conditions (even without the custom 802.1Q tagging) because
> the switch hardware inserts the source port and switch ID into bytes 4
> and 5 of the MAC-filtered frames. Then the DSA .rcv handler needs to put
> back zeroes into the MAC address after decoding the source port
> information.
> 
> On egress, BPDUs are transmitted using management routes from the xmit
> worker thread. Again this does not require switch tagging, as the switch
> port is programmed through SPI to hold a temporary (single-fire) route
> for a frame with the programmed destination MAC (01-80-C2-00-00-00).
> 
> STP is activated using the following commands and was tested by
> connecting two front-panel ports together and noticing that switching
> loops were prevented (one port remains in the blocking state):
> 
> $ ip link add name br0 type bridge stp_state 1 && ip link set br0 up
> $ for eth in $(ls /sys/devices/platform/soc/2100000.spi/spi_master/spi0/spi0.1/net/);
>   do ip link set ${eth} master br0 && ip link set ${eth} up; done
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>

    Andrew

  reply	other threads:[~2019-04-13 16:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 68+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-04-13  1:27 [PATCH v3 net-next 00/24] NXP SJA1105 DSA driver Vladimir Oltean
2019-04-13  1:27 ` [PATCH v3 net-next 01/24] lib: Add support for generic packing operations Vladimir Oltean
2019-04-13  1:28 ` [PATCH v3 net-next 02/24] net: dsa: Fix pharse -> phase typo Vladimir Oltean
2019-04-13  1:28 ` [PATCH v3 net-next 03/24] net: dsa: Store vlan_filtering as a property of dsa_port Vladimir Oltean
2019-04-13  1:28 ` [PATCH v3 net-next 04/24] net: dsa: mt7530: Use vlan_filtering property from dsa_port Vladimir Oltean
2019-04-13  1:28 ` [PATCH v3 net-next 05/24] net: dsa: Add more convenient functions for installing port VLANs Vladimir Oltean
2019-04-16 23:49   ` Florian Fainelli
2019-04-13  1:28 ` [PATCH v3 net-next 06/24] net: dsa: Call driver's setup callback after setting up its switchdev notifier Vladimir Oltean
2019-04-13 15:05   ` Andrew Lunn
2019-04-13  1:28 ` [PATCH v3 net-next 07/24] net: dsa: Optional VLAN-based port separation for switches without tagging Vladimir Oltean
2019-04-13  1:28 ` [PATCH v3 net-next 08/24] net: dsa: Be aware of switches where VLAN filtering is a global setting Vladimir Oltean
2019-04-16 23:54   ` Florian Fainelli
2019-04-13  1:28 ` [PATCH v3 net-next 09/24] net: dsa: b53: Let DSA handle mismatched VLAN filtering settings Vladimir Oltean
2019-04-16 23:52   ` Florian Fainelli
2019-04-13  1:28 ` [PATCH v3 net-next 10/24] net: dsa: Unset vlan_filtering when ports leave the bridge Vladimir Oltean
2019-04-13 15:11   ` Andrew Lunn
2019-04-16 23:59   ` Florian Fainelli
2019-04-13  1:28 ` [PATCH v3 net-next 11/24] net: dsa: mt7530: Let DSA handle the unsetting of vlan_filtering Vladimir Oltean
2019-04-13 15:12   ` Andrew Lunn
2019-04-16 23:59   ` Florian Fainelli
2019-04-13  1:28 ` [PATCH v3 net-next 12/24] net: dsa: Copy the vlan_filtering setting on the CPU port if it's global Vladimir Oltean
2019-04-13 15:23   ` Andrew Lunn
2019-04-13 15:37     ` Vladimir Oltean
2019-04-13  1:28 ` [PATCH v3 net-next 13/24] net: dsa: Allow drivers to filter packets they can decode source port from Vladimir Oltean
2019-04-13 15:39   ` Andrew Lunn
2019-04-13 15:48     ` Vladimir Oltean
2019-04-13  1:28 ` [PATCH v3 net-next 14/24] net: dsa: Introduce driver for NXP SJA1105 5-port L2 switch Vladimir Oltean
2019-04-13 15:42   ` Andrew Lunn
2019-04-13 15:46     ` Vladimir Oltean
2019-04-13 16:44       ` Andrew Lunn
2019-04-13 21:29         ` Vladimir Oltean
2019-04-13  1:28 ` [PATCH v3 net-next 15/24] net: dsa: sja1105: Add support for FDB and MDB management Vladimir Oltean
2019-04-13 20:58   ` Jiri Pirko
2019-04-13  1:28 ` [PATCH v3 net-next 16/24] net: dsa: sja1105: Add support for VLAN operations Vladimir Oltean
2019-04-13 20:56   ` Jiri Pirko
2019-04-13 21:39     ` Vladimir Oltean
2019-04-13  1:28 ` [PATCH v3 net-next 17/24] net: dsa: sja1105: Add support for ethtool port counters Vladimir Oltean
2019-04-13 20:53   ` Jiri Pirko
2019-04-13 21:55     ` Vladimir Oltean
2019-04-14  8:34       ` Jiri Pirko
2019-04-13  1:28 ` [PATCH v3 net-next 18/24] net: dsa: sja1105: Add support for traffic through standalone ports Vladimir Oltean
2019-04-13 16:37   ` Andrew Lunn
2019-04-13 21:27     ` Vladimir Oltean
2019-04-13 22:08       ` Vladimir Oltean
2019-04-13 22:26         ` Vladimir Oltean
2019-04-14 16:17           ` Andrew Lunn
2019-04-14 18:53             ` Vladimir Oltean
2019-04-14 19:13               ` Andrew Lunn
2019-04-14 22:30                 ` Vladimir Oltean
2019-04-15  3:07                   ` Andrew Lunn
2019-04-17  0:09                     ` Florian Fainelli
2019-04-14 16:05       ` Andrew Lunn
2019-04-14 18:42         ` Vladimir Oltean
2019-04-14 19:06           ` Andrew Lunn
2019-04-17  0:16       ` Florian Fainelli
2019-04-13  1:28 ` [PATCH v3 net-next 19/24] net: dsa: sja1105: Add support for Spanning Tree Protocol Vladimir Oltean
2019-04-13 16:41   ` Andrew Lunn [this message]
2019-04-13  1:28 ` [PATCH v3 net-next 20/24] net: dsa: sja1105: Error out if RGMII delays are requested in DT Vladimir Oltean
2019-04-13 16:49   ` Andrew Lunn
2019-04-13 20:47   ` Jiri Pirko
2019-04-13 21:31     ` Vladimir Oltean
2019-04-14  8:35       ` Jiri Pirko
2019-04-13  1:28 ` [PATCH v3 net-next 21/24] net: dsa: sja1105: Prevent PHY jabbering during switch reset Vladimir Oltean
2019-04-13 16:54   ` Andrew Lunn
2019-04-13  1:28 ` [PATCH v3 net-next 22/24] net: dsa: sja1105: Reject unsupported link modes for AN Vladimir Oltean
2019-04-13  1:28 ` [PATCH v3 net-next 23/24] Documentation: net: dsa: Add details about NXP SJA1105 driver Vladimir Oltean
2019-04-17  0:20   ` Florian Fainelli
2019-04-13  1:28 ` [PATCH v3 net-next 24/24] dt-bindings: net: dsa: Add documentation for " Vladimir Oltean

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