netdev - Re: 2.6.29 ALB bonding printk()s every arp

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Date:	Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:43:40 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	duncan.gibb@...iusit.co.uk
Cc:	fubar@...ibm.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, jgarzik@...ox.com
Subject: Re: 2.6.29 ALB bonding printk()s every arp

From: Duncan Gibb <duncan.gibb@...iusit.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:15:04 +0100

> On 05 Nov 2008 at 01:51, Jay Vosburgh wrote:
>>  	if (arp->op_code == htons(ARPOP_REPLY)) {
>>  		/* update rx hash table for this ARP */
>> +		printk("rar: update orig %s bond_dev %s\n", orig_dev->name,
>> +		       bond_dev->name);
>> +		bond = bond_dev->priv;
>>  		rlb_update_entry_from_arp(bond, arp);
>>  		dprintk("Server received an ARP Reply from client\n");
>>  	}
> 
> Is the printk() in this patch necessary?
> 
> We recently put a 2.6.29 kernel on a router with multiple ALB bonds each
> of several e1000 devices.  It now generates a log entry every time an
> arp is-at packet arrives at a bonded interface.  I'm not sure that's a
> feature...

That's pretty annoying.  Jay can we just remove this?
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