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Diffstat (limited to 'include/uapi/linux')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/if_link.h | 39 |
1 files changed, 39 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h b/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h index 280bb1780512..79ce4bc24cba 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h @@ -744,6 +744,11 @@ enum in6_addr_gen_mode { * @IFLA_BR_FDB_MAX_LEARNED * Set the number of max dynamically learned FDB entries for the current * bridge. + * + * @IFLA_BR_STP_MODE + * Set the STP mode for the bridge, which controls how the bridge + * selects between userspace and kernel STP. The valid values are + * documented below in the ``BR_STP_MODE_*`` constants. */ enum { IFLA_BR_UNSPEC, @@ -796,11 +801,45 @@ enum { IFLA_BR_MCAST_QUERIER_STATE, IFLA_BR_FDB_N_LEARNED, IFLA_BR_FDB_MAX_LEARNED, + IFLA_BR_STP_MODE, __IFLA_BR_MAX, }; #define IFLA_BR_MAX (__IFLA_BR_MAX - 1) +/** + * DOC: Bridge STP mode values + * + * @BR_STP_MODE_AUTO + * Default. The kernel invokes the ``/sbin/bridge-stp`` helper to hand + * the bridge to a userspace STP daemon (e.g. mstpd). Only attempted in + * the initial network namespace; in other namespaces this falls back to + * kernel STP. + * + * @BR_STP_MODE_USER + * Directly enable userspace STP (``BR_USER_STP``) without invoking the + * ``/sbin/bridge-stp`` helper. Works in any network namespace. + * Userspace is responsible for ensuring an STP daemon manages the + * bridge. + * + * @BR_STP_MODE_KERNEL + * Directly enable kernel STP (``BR_KERNEL_STP``) without invoking the + * helper. + * + * The mode controls how the bridge selects between userspace and kernel + * STP when STP is enabled via ``IFLA_BR_STP_STATE``. It can only be + * changed while STP is disabled (``IFLA_BR_STP_STATE`` == 0), returns + * ``-EBUSY`` otherwise. The default value is ``BR_STP_MODE_AUTO``. + */ +enum br_stp_mode { + BR_STP_MODE_AUTO, + BR_STP_MODE_USER, + BR_STP_MODE_KERNEL, + __BR_STP_MODE_MAX +}; + +#define BR_STP_MODE_MAX (__BR_STP_MODE_MAX - 1) + struct ifla_bridge_id { __u8 prio[2]; __u8 addr[6]; /* ETH_ALEN */ |