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Message-ID: <4E5F7249.8020408@hitachi.com>
Date:	Thu, 01 Sep 2011 20:53:45 +0900
From:	HAYASAKA Mitsuo <mitsuo.hayasaka.hu@...achi.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	MichałMirosław <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl>,
	Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>,
	Jesse Gross <jesse@...ira.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, yrl.pp-manager.tt@...achi.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: linkwatch: allow vlans to get carrier changes
 faster

Hi Eric,

I checked this patch solves the time-lag of IFF_RUNNING flag consistency
between vlan and real devices. 

Cheers.

Tested-by: Mitsuo Hayasaka <mitsuo.hayasaka.hu@...achi.com>


(2011/08/31 18:31), Eric Dumazet wrote:
> There is a time-lag of IFF_RUNNING flag consistency between vlan and
> real devices when the real devices are in problem such as link or cable
> broken.
> 
> This leads to a degradation of Availability such as a delay of failover
> in HA systems using vlan since the detection of the problem at real
> device is delayed.
> 
> We can avoid the linkwatch delay (~1 sec) for devices linked to another
> ones, since delay is already done for the realdev.
> 
> Based on a previous patch from Mitsuo Hayasaka
> 
> Reported-by: Mitsuo Hayasaka <mitsuo.hayasaka.hu@...achi.com>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
> Cc: Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
> Cc: "Michał Mirosław" <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl>
> Cc: Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>
> Cc: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
> Cc: Jesse Gross <jesse@...ira.com>
> ---
>  net/core/link_watch.c |    9 +++++++--
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/core/link_watch.c b/net/core/link_watch.c
> index 357bd4e..c3519c6 100644
> --- a/net/core/link_watch.c
> +++ b/net/core/link_watch.c
> @@ -78,8 +78,13 @@ static void rfc2863_policy(struct net_device *dev)
>  
>  static bool linkwatch_urgent_event(struct net_device *dev)
>  {
> -	return netif_running(dev) && netif_carrier_ok(dev) &&
> -		qdisc_tx_changing(dev);
> +	if (!netif_running(dev))
> +		return false;
> +
> +	if (dev->ifindex != dev->iflink)
> +		return true;
> +
> +	return netif_carrier_ok(dev) &&	qdisc_tx_changing(dev);
>  }
>  
>  
> 
> 
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