netdev - Re: [PATCH net-2.6 v2] bonding: correctly process non-linear skbs

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Message-Id: <20100914.142605.108789529.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:26:05 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	fubar@...ibm.com
Cc:	andy@...yhouse.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	alexander.h.duyck@...el.com, jesse.brandeburg@...el.com,
	stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-2.6 v2] bonding: correctly process non-linear skbs

From: Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:08:35 -0700

> Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net> wrote:
>>[PATCH net-2.6 v2] bonding: correctly process non-linear skbs
>>
>>It was recently brought to my attention that 802.3ad mode bonds would no
>>longer form when using some network hardware after a driver update.
>>After snooping around I realized that the particular hardware was using
>>page-based skbs and found that skb->data did not contain a valid LACPDU
>>as it was not stored there.  That explained the inability to form an
>>802.3ad-based bond.  For balance-alb mode bonds this was also an issue
>>as ARPs would not be properly processed.
>>
>>This patch fixes the issue in my tests and should be applied to 2.6.36
>>and as far back as anyone cares to add it to stable.
>>
>>Thanks to Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com> and Jesse
>>Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com> for the suggestions on this one.
>>
>>Signed-off-by: Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net>
>>CC: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>
>>CC: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
>>CC: stable@...ne.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com>
> 

Applied, thanks everyone.
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