linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] bonding: use new value of lacp_rate and ad

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Date:	Thu, 9 Jun 2011 11:13:54 +0800
From:	Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:	WeipingPan <panweiping3@...il.com>
Cc:	jpirko@...hat.com, Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com>,
	Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net>,
	"<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, open list" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bonding: use new value of lacp_rate and ad_select

On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 11:05 AM, WeipingPan <panweiping3@...il.com> wrote:
> On 06/07/2011 10:24 AM, Weiping Pan wrote:
>>
>> There is bug that when you modify lacp_rate via sysfs,
>> 802.3ad won't use the new value of lacp_rate to transmit packets.
>> This is because port->actor_oper_port_state isn't changed.
>>
>> As for ad_select, it can work,
>> but both struct bond_params and ad_bond_info have lacp_fast and ad_select,
>> they are duplicate and need extra synchronization.
>> 802.3ad can get them from bond_params directly every time.
>>
> Any comments ?
>

I think you'd better separate bug fix from cleanup's.
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