netdev - Re: [PATCH] bonding: ARP monitoring broken on x86

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Date:	Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:58:25 -0800
From:	Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com>
To:	Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...l.org, michael.monnerie@...management.at
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bonding: ARP monitoring broken on x86_64 

Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net> wrote:

>While working with the latest bonding code I noticed a nasty problem
>that will prevent arp monitoring from always functioning correctly on
>x86_64 systems. Comparing ints to longs and expecting reliable results
>on x86_64 is a bad idea. With this patch, arp monitoring works correctly
>again.  
>
>This also needs to make its way into the 2.6.19 stable series.
>
>Signed-off-by: Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net>

Acked-by: Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com>

	-J

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	-Jay Vosburgh, IBM Linux Technology Center, fubar@...ibm.com
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