Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] bridge: fix message_age_timer calculation

From: Sergei Shtylyov <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 22:40:59 +0400

Hello.

On 09/09/2013 08:56 PM, Chris Healy wrote:

> This changes the message_age_timer calculation to use the BPDU's max age as opposed to the local bridge's max age.  This is in accordance with section 8.6.2.3.2 Step 2 of the 802.1D-1998 sprecification.

    You should wrap your changelog lines at 80 chars at most, preferably less.

> With the current implementation, when running with very large bridge diameters, convergance will not always occur even if a root bridge is configured to have a longer max age.

> Tested successfully on bridge diameters of ~200.

> Signed-off-by: Chris Healy <[email-masked]>

WBR, Sergei