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Commit 467aea0d authored by Stephen Hemminger's avatar Stephen Hemminger Committed by David S. Miller
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bridge: don't route packets while learning



While in the STP learning state, don't route packets; wait until
forwarding delay has expired. The purpose of the forwarding delay
is to detect loops in the network, and if a brouter started up
and started forwarding, it could cause a flood.

Signed-off-by: default avatarStephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
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