Re: [3.5 regression / mcs7830 / bisected] bridge constantlytoggeling between disabled and forwarding

[Michael Leun]

On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 01:36:34 +0200
Michael Leun <lkml20120218@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

My report might sound like I'm complaining that link state detection
works because link state detection was implemented - sorry, but thats
not true.

I do NOT see this link state changes if there is no traffic on the
interface, but I start seeing them once I start pinging. I think this
is not the idea of link state detection?

I would very much appreciate if you could have a look into that,
because it is rather annoying.

> On Mon, 23 Jul 2012 09:15:04 +0200
> Michael Leun <lkml20120218@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> [see issue description below]
> 
> Bisecting yielded
> 
> b1ff4f96fd1c63890d78d8939c6e0f2b44ce3113 is the first bad commit
> commit b1ff4f96fd1c63890d78d8939c6e0f2b44ce3113
> Author: Ondrej Zary <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:   Fri Jun 1 10:29:08 2012 +0000
> 
>     mcs7830: Implement link state detection
> 
>     Add .status callback that detects link state changes.
>     Tested with MCS7832CV-AA chip (9710:7830, identified as rev.C by the driver).
>     Fixes https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28532
> 
>     Signed-off-by: Ondrej Zary <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> :040000 040000 5480780cb5e75c57122a621fc3bab0108c16be27 d97efd9cc0a465dff76bcd3a3c547f718f2a5345 M    drivers
> 
> 
> Reverting that from 3.5 makes the issue go away.
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > when I use my usb ethernet adapter
> > 
> > # > lsusb
> > [...]
> > Bus 002 Device 009: ID 9710:7830 MosChip Semiconductor MCS7830 10/100 Mbps Ethernet adapter
> > [...]
> > 
> > as port of an bridge
> > 
> > > # brctl addbr br0
> > > # brctl addif br0 eth0
> > > # brctl addif br0 ue5
> > > # ifconfig ue5 up
> > > # ifconfig br0 up
> > 
> > (Also does happen when eth0 is not part of the bridge, but the logs I
> > had available were from that situation...)
> > 
> > I constantly get messages showing the interface toggeling between
> > disabled and forwarding state:
> > 
> > Jul 23 07:40:50 elektra kernel: [ 1539.497337] br0: port 2(ue5) entered disabled state
> > Jul 23 07:40:50 elektra kernel: [ 1539.554992] br0: port 2(ue5) entered forwarding state
> > Jul 23 07:40:50 elektra kernel: [ 1539.555005] br0: port 2(ue5) entered forwarding state
> > Jul 23 07:40:51 elektra kernel: [ 1540.496242] br0: port 2(ue5) entered disabled state
> > Jul 23 07:40:51 elektra kernel: [ 1540.552534] br0: port 2(ue5) entered forwarding state
> > Jul 23 07:40:51 elektra kernel: [ 1540.552548] br0: port 2(ue5) entered forwarding state
> > Jul 23 07:40:52 elektra kernel: [ 1541.550413] br0: port 2(ue5) entered forwarding state
> > Jul 23 07:40:53 elektra kernel: [ 1542.529672] br0: port 2(ue5) entered disabled state
> > Jul 23 07:40:53 elektra kernel: [ 1542.587162] br0: port 2(ue5) entered forwarding state
> > Jul 23 07:40:53 elektra kernel: [ 1542.587175] br0: port 2(ue5) entered forwarding state
> > Jul 23 07:40:54 elektra kernel: [ 1543.585309] br0: port 2(ue5) entered forwarding state
> > Jul 23 07:41:00 elektra kernel: [ 1549.360600] br0: port 2(ue5) entered disabled state
> > Jul 23 07:41:00 elektra kernel: [ 1549.442998] br0: port 2(ue5) entered forwarding state
> > Jul 23 07:41:00 elektra kernel: [ 1549.443011] br0: port 2(ue5) entered forwarding state
> > Jul 23 07:41:01 elektra kernel: [ 1550.357686] br0: port 2(ue5) entered disabled state
> > Jul 23 07:41:01 elektra kernel: [ 1550.408208] br0: port 2(ue5) entered forwarding state
> > Jul 23 07:41:01 elektra kernel: [ 1550.408222] br0: port 2(ue5) entered forwarding state
> > Jul 23 07:41:02 elektra kernel: [ 1551.407656] br0: port 2(ue5) entered forwarding state
> > Jul 23 07:41:03 elektra kernel: [ 1552.401578] br0: port 2(ue5) entered disabled state
> > Jul 23 07:41:03 elektra kernel: [ 1552.474773] br0: port 2(ue5) entered forwarding state
> > Jul 23 07:41:03 elektra kernel: [ 1552.474786] br0: port 2(ue5) entered forwarding state
> > Jul 23 07:41:04 elektra kernel: [ 1553.472487] br0: port 2(ue5) entered forwarding state
> > Jul 23 07:41:05 elektra kernel: [ 1554.356138] br0: port 2(ue5) entered disabled state
> > [...]
> > 
> > This does (in the same situation, nothing else than the kernel changed)
> > not happen with 3.4.5.
> > 
> > Does anybody have an idea what the issue might be or do I need to bisect?
> 
> 
> -- 
> MfG,
> 
> Michael Leun
> 
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