Hi, v2 -> v3: Per Jay's advise, use the 'filter' keyword instead of 'arp' one, and use his text for documentation. Also, rebase on the latest net-next. Sorry for the delay, didn't manage to send it before net-next was closed. v1 -> v2: Don't remove the 'all traffic' functionality - rather, add new arp_validate options to specify that we want *only* unvalidated arps. Currently, if arp_validate is off (0), slave_last_rx() returns the slave->dev->last_rx, which is always updated on *any* packet received by slave, and not only arps. This means that, if the validation of arps is off, we're treating *any* incoming packet as a proof of slave being up, and not only arps. This might seem logical at the first glance, however it can cause a lot of troubles and false-positives, one example would be: The arp_ip_target is NOT accessible, however someone in the broadcast domain spams with any broadcast traffic. This way bonding will be tricked that the slave is still up (as in - can access arp_ip_target), while it's not. The net_device->last_rx is already used in a lot of drivers (even though the comment states to NOT do it :)), and it's also ugly to modify it from bonding. However, some loadbalance setups might rely on the fact that even non-arp traffic is a sign of slave being up - and we definitely can't break anyones config - so an extension to arp_validate is needed. So, to fix this, add an option for the user to specify if he wants to filter out non-arp traffic on unvalidated slaves, remove the last_rx from bonding, *always* call bond_arp_rcv() in slave's rx_handler (which is bond_handle_frame), and if we spot an arp there with this option on - update the slave->last_arp_rx - and use it instead of net_device->last_rx. Finally, rename last_arp_rx to last_rx to reflect the changes. Also rename slave->jiffies to ->last_link_up, to reflect better its meaning, add the new option's documentation and update the arp_validate one to be a bit more descriptive. CC: Rob Landley <rob@xxxxxxxxxxx> CC: Jay Vosburgh <fubar@xxxxxxxxxx> CC: Andy Gospodarek <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> CC: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> CC: dingtianhong <dingtianhong@xxxxxxxxxx> CC: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@xxxxxxxxxx> CC: Neil Horman <nhorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> CC: Cong Wang <amwang@xxxxxxxxxx> CC: linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx CC: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/networking/bonding.txt | 96 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------- drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c | 56 +++++++++------------ drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c | 16 +++--- drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h | 26 ++++++---- include/linux/netdevice.h | 8 +-- 5 files changed, 117 insertions(+), 85 deletions(-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
