If bridge is configured with no STP and forwarding delay of 0 (which
is typical for virtualization) then when link starts it will flood all
packets for the first 20 seconds. 

This bug was introduced by a combination of earlier changes:
  * forwarding database uses hold time of zero to indicate 
    user wants to always flood packets
  * optimzation of the case of forwarding delay of 0 avoids the initial
    timer tick

The fix is to just skip all the topology change detection code if
kernel STP is not being used.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]>

--- a/net/bridge/br_stp.c       2009-05-14 13:34:49.965908836 -0700
+++ b/net/bridge/br_stp.c       2009-05-14 14:15:11.370903917 -0700
@@ -297,6 +297,9 @@ void br_topology_change_detection(struct
 {
        int isroot = br_is_root_bridge(br);
 
+       if (br->stp_enabled != BR_KERNEL_STP)
+               return;
+
        pr_info("%s: topology change detected, %s\n", br->dev->name,
                isroot ? "propagating" : "sending tcn bpdu");
 
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