netdev - Re: [patch net-next-2.6] net: reinject arps into bonding slave instead of master

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Message-ID: <4D754E91.1040208@gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 07 Mar 2011 22:30:57 +0100
From:	Nicolas de Pesloüan 
	<nicolas.2p.debian@...il.com>
To:	Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>
CC:	Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	davem@...emloft.net, shemminger@...ux-foundation.org,
	kaber@...sh.net, fubar@...ibm.com, eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next-2.6] net: reinject arps into bonding slave	instead
 of master

Le 07/03/2011 22:19, Jiri Pirko a écrit :
>>
>> Andy, while you are testing it, can you ensure it also works for the following setup?
>>
>> eth0 ->  bond0 ->  br0 ->  br0.100
>>
>
> I do not think this will work (it never did).

Yes, but it should...

> Bridge reinjects skb, does not do another loop.

Yes, but it should...

> Therefore when skb->dev == br0 and vlan_on_bond hook is called, orig_dev == br0 as well. + No
> IFF_BONDING is set.

If only bridge returned RX_HANDLER_ANOTHER with skb->dev changed to br0... instead of re-injecting 
the skb... One more reason to avoid re-injecting.

> I have some kind nice solution in mind and I'm going to submit that as a patch later (too many
> patches are in the wind atm).

Agreed. It's time for others to review, test and ack :-D

	Nicolas.
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