Subject: Re: [PATCH net] bridge: stp: when using userspace stp stop kernel hello and hold timers

From: Nikolay Aleksandrov <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 19:05:56 +0200

On 07/23/2015 06:59 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Jul 2015 09:07:37 -0700
> Nikolay Aleksandrov <[email-masked]> wrote:
> 
>> +		/* Stop hello and hold timer */
>> +		spin_lock_bh(&br->lock);
>> +		del_timer(&br->hello_timer);
>> +		list_for_each_entry(p, &br->port_list, list)
>> +			del_timer(&p->hold_timer);
>> +		spin_unlock_bh(&br->lock);
> 
> Wouldn't it be easier to use del_timer_sync here?
> 
I think it should work. Also I have an error in the commit message
about the kernel BPDU sending which I need to correct. I'll prepare
a v2 with your suggestion and fixed commit message.

Thanks,
 Nik