netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH v3] bonding: start slaves with link down for ARP monitor

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Date:	Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:45:02 -0700
From:	Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com>
To:	Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@...e.cz>
cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net>,
	Flavio Leitner <fbl@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v3] bonding: start slaves with link down for ARP monitor

Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@...e.cz> wrote:

>Initialize slave device link state as down if ARP monitor is
>active and net_carrier_ok() returns zero. Also shift initial
>value of its last_arp_tx so that it doesn't immediately cause
>fake detection of "up" state.
>
>When ARP monitoring is used, initializing the slave device with
>up link state can cause ARP monitor to detect link failure
>before the device is really up (with igb driver, this can take
>more than two seconds).
>
>Signed-off-by: Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@...e.cz>

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

>---
> drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c |   33 +++++++++++++++++++++------------
> 1 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
>index bb92899..44e6a64 100644
>--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
>+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
>@@ -1726,7 +1726,8 @@ int bond_enslave(struct net_device *bond_dev, struct net_device *slave_dev)
>
> 	read_lock(&bond->lock);
>
>-	new_slave->last_arp_rx = jiffies;
>+	new_slave->last_arp_rx = jiffies -
>+		(msecs_to_jiffies(bond->params.arp_interval) + 1);
>
> 	if (bond->params.miimon && !bond->params.use_carrier) {
> 		link_reporting = bond_check_dev_link(bond, slave_dev, 1);
>@@ -1751,22 +1752,30 @@ int bond_enslave(struct net_device *bond_dev, struct net_device *slave_dev)
> 	}
>
> 	/* check for initial state */
>-	if (!bond->params.miimon ||
>-	    (bond_check_dev_link(bond, slave_dev, 0) == BMSR_LSTATUS)) {
>-		if (bond->params.updelay) {
>-			pr_debug("Initial state of slave_dev is BOND_LINK_BACK\n");
>-			new_slave->link  = BOND_LINK_BACK;
>-			new_slave->delay = bond->params.updelay;
>+	if (bond->params.miimon) {
>+		if (bond_check_dev_link(bond, slave_dev, 0) == BMSR_LSTATUS) {
>+			if (bond->params.updelay) {
>+				new_slave->link = BOND_LINK_BACK;
>+				new_slave->delay = bond->params.updelay;
>+			} else {
>+				new_slave->link = BOND_LINK_UP;
>+			}
> 		} else {
>-			pr_debug("Initial state of slave_dev is BOND_LINK_UP\n");
>-			new_slave->link  = BOND_LINK_UP;
>+			new_slave->link = BOND_LINK_DOWN;
> 		}
>-		new_slave->jiffies = jiffies;
>+	} else if (bond->params.arp_interval) {
>+		new_slave->link = (netif_carrier_ok(slave_dev) ?
>+			BOND_LINK_UP : BOND_LINK_DOWN);
> 	} else {
>-		pr_debug("Initial state of slave_dev is BOND_LINK_DOWN\n");
>-		new_slave->link  = BOND_LINK_DOWN;
>+		new_slave->link = BOND_LINK_UP;
> 	}
>
>+	if (new_slave->link != BOND_LINK_DOWN)
>+		new_slave->jiffies = jiffies;
>+	pr_debug("Initial state of slave_dev is BOND_LINK_%s\n",
>+		new_slave->link == BOND_LINK_DOWN ? "DOWN" :
>+			(new_slave->link == BOND_LINK_UP ? "UP" : "BACK"));
>+
> 	bond_update_speed_duplex(new_slave);
>
> 	if (USES_PRIMARY(bond->params.mode) && bond->params.primary[0]) {
>-- 
>1.7.7
>

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