netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] bonding: use l4 hash if available

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Date:	Tue, 15 Sep 2015 16:20:28 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Mahesh Bandewar <maheshb@...gle.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Tom Herbert <tom@...bertland.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] bonding: use l4 hash if available

On Tue, 2015-09-15 at 15:54 -0700, Mahesh Bandewar wrote:

> > +       if (bond->params.xmit_policy == BOND_XMIT_POLICY_ENCAP34 &&
> > +           skb->l4_hash)
> if (ENCAP34 || LAYER34) && l4_hash) may be?

Hmm, traditional BOND_XMIT_POLICY_LAYER34 did not a full flow bisection
(tunnel awareness added in commit
32819dc1834866cb9547cb75f81af9edd58d33cd bonding: modify the old and add
new xmit hash policies)

This could radically change some setups and behavior.

BOND_XMIT_POLICY_ENCAP34 looks a better fit to me.


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