linux-kernel - [PATCH] bonding: Update layer2 and layer2+3 hash formula documentation

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Date:   Wed, 6 Apr 2022 16:54:20 +0300
From:   Gal Pressman <gal@...dia.com>
To:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        "Jay Vosburgh" <j.vosburgh@...il.com>,
        Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@...il.com>,
        "Andy Gospodarek" <andy@...yhouse.net>
CC:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>, Gal Pressman <gal@...dia.com>
Subject: [PATCH] bonding: Update layer2 and layer2+3 hash formula documentation

When using layer2 or layer2+3 hash, only the 5th byte of the MAC
addresses is used.

Signed-off-by: Gal Pressman <gal@...dia.com>
---
 Documentation/networking/bonding.rst | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst b/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst
index 525e6842dd33..43be3782e5df 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ xmit_hash_policy
 		Uses XOR of hardware MAC addresses and packet type ID
 		field to generate the hash. The formula is
 
-		hash = source MAC XOR destination MAC XOR packet type ID
+		hash = source MAC[5] XOR destination MAC[5] XOR packet type ID
 		slave number = hash modulo slave count
 
 		This algorithm will place all traffic to a particular
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ xmit_hash_policy
 		Uses XOR of hardware MAC addresses and IP addresses to
 		generate the hash.  The formula is
 
-		hash = source MAC XOR destination MAC XOR packet type ID
+		hash = source MAC[5] XOR destination MAC[5] XOR packet type ID
 		hash = hash XOR source IP XOR destination IP
 		hash = hash XOR (hash RSHIFT 16)
 		hash = hash XOR (hash RSHIFT 8)
-- 
2.25.1