netdev - RE: bonding device in balance-alb mode shows packet loss in kernel 3.2-rc6

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Date:	Tue, 27 Dec 2011 23:25:27 -0800
From:	<Narendra_K@...l.com>
To:	<nicolas.2p.debian@...il.com>
CC:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <fubar@...ibm.com>
Subject: RE: bonding device in balance-alb mode shows packet loss in kernel
 3.2-rc6

> -----Original Message-----
> From: netdev-owner@...r.kernel.org [mailto:netdev-
> owner@...r.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Nicolas de Pesloüan
> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 1:26 AM
> To: K, Narendra
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org; fubar@...ibm.com
> Subject: Re: bonding device in balance-alb mode shows packet loss in kernel
> 3.2-rc6
> 
> Le 27/12/2011 15:31, Narendra_K@...l.com a écrit :
> > Hello,
> >
> > On kernel version 3.2-rc6, when a bonding device is configured in
> > 'balance-alb' mode, ping reported packet losses. By looking at
> > protocol trance, it seemed like the lost packets had the destination MAC id
> of inactive slave.
> >
> 
> [snip]
> 
> Can you provide the output of the following command?
> 
> grep . /sys/classs/net/bond0/bonding/*

Hi, thanks for the response. Please find the output here -

# grep . /sys/class/net/bond0/bonding/*
/sys/class/net/bond0/bonding/active_slave:em2
/sys/class/net/bond0/bonding/ad_select:stable 0
/sys/class/net/bond0/bonding/all_slaves_active:0
/sys/class/net/bond0/bonding/arp_interval:0
/sys/class/net/bond0/bonding/arp_validate:none 0
/sys/class/net/bond0/bonding/downdelay:0
/sys/class/net/bond0/bonding/fail_over_mac:none 0
/sys/class/net/bond0/bonding/lacp_rate:slow 0
/sys/class/net/bond0/bonding/miimon:100
/sys/class/net/bond0/bonding/mii_status:up
/sys/class/net/bond0/bonding/min_links:0
/sys/class/net/bond0/bonding/mode:balance-alb 6
/sys/class/net/bond0/bonding/num_grat_arp:1
/sys/class/net/bond0/bonding/num_unsol_na:1
/sys/class/net/bond0/bonding/primary_reselect:always 0
/sys/class/net/bond0/bonding/queue_id:em2:0 em3:0 em4:0
/sys/class/net/bond0/bonding/resend_igmp:1
/sys/class/net/bond0/bonding/slaves:em2 em3 em4
/sys/class/net/bond0/bonding/updelay:0
/sys/class/net/bond0/bonding/use_carrier:1
/sys/class/net/bond0/bonding/xmit_hash_policy:layer2 0

With regards,
Narendra K
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