[Bridge] [PATCH 1/2] Issue NETDEV_CHANGE notification when bridge changes state

[Adam Majer]

Hello,

As background for these 2 patches, the current bridge code does not
play very nicely with IPv6 autoconfiguration. What happens is,

[   35.117030] device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
[   35.120898] br0: port 1(eth0) entering learning state
[   35.120901] br0: port 1(eth0) entering learning state

Here bridge is setup and both interface eth0 and br0 are indicated as
up via NETDEV_UP notification. The IPv6 autoconfiguration code
configures linklocal address and start to issue RS packets. These
timeout because bridge is in learning state, not forwarding state.

[   45.168007] br0: no IPv6 routers present
[   45.312020] eth0: no IPv6 routers present

RS timeouts and IPv6 is abandoned at this point.

[   50.144011] br0: port 1(eth0) entering forwarding state

Now bridge entered forwarding state. Userland sets up IPv4 via DHCP or
otherwise.

[   50.144487] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): br0: link becomes ready

With the patches, NETDEV_CHANGE is issued by the bridge once it
changes state. The autoconfiguration code then checks that no RA
packets are received and only linklocal interface is setup. It then
retries soliciting router information.


This is my first attempt at a kernel patch so please be gentle :) Part
of the autoconf patch splits out the addrconf_rs_start() code from the
addrconf_dad_completed() function.

Cheers,
Adam


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Adam Majer
adamm at zombino.com