mlxsw: spectrum_router: Periodically update the kernel's neigh table
authorYotam Gigi <yotamg@mellanox.com>
Tue, 5 Jul 2016 09:27:43 +0000 (11:27 +0200)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Tue, 5 Jul 2016 16:06:29 +0000 (09:06 -0700)
commitc723c735fa6bacfdb01c4697c2cfeba142990d18
tree52ca53d6e985d9c6853683d5fddab37941f32654
parent2a4501ae18b52fcdf553404286e6cefabd1d17ec
mlxsw: spectrum_router: Periodically update the kernel's neigh table

As previously explained, the driver should periodically poll the device
for neighbours activity according to the configured DELAY_PROBE_TIME.
This will prevent active neighbours from staying in STALE state for long
periods of time.

During init configure the polling interval according to the
DELAY_PROBE_TIME used in the default table. In addition, register a
netevent notification block, so that the interval is updated whenever
DELAY_PROBE_TIME changes.

Using the computed interval schedule a delayed work, which will update
the kernel via neigh_event_send() on any active neighbour since the last
delayed work.

Signed-off-by: Yotam Gigi <yotamg@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.h
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c