bridge: respect RFC2863 operational state
The bridge link detection should follow the operational state
of the lower device, rather than the carrier bit. This allows devices
like tunnels that are controlled by userspace control plane to work
with bridge STP link management.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Reviewed-by: Flavio Leitner <fbl@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_netlink.c b/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
index 97ba018..caa3f69 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
@@ -181,8 +181,11 @@
if (p->br->stp_enabled == BR_KERNEL_STP)
return -EBUSY;
+ /* if device is not up, change is not allowed
+ * if link is not present, only allowable state is disabled
+ */
if (!netif_running(p->dev) ||
- (!netif_carrier_ok(p->dev) && state != BR_STATE_DISABLED))
+ (!netif_oper_up(p->dev) && state != BR_STATE_DISABLED))
return -ENETDOWN;
p->state = state;