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Message-Id: <f9bff286392a4778369fa35dac2fafaff3d3a1b8.1341125875.git.linux@8192.net>
Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2012 00:01:39 -0700
From: John Eaglesham <linux@...2.net>
To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: John Eaglesham <linux@...2.net>
Subject: [PATCH v4 2/2] Update bonding driver documentation to include IPv6 transmit hashing algorithm.
---
Documentation/networking/bonding.txt | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt
index bfea8a3..5db14fe 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt
@@ -752,12 +752,22 @@ xmit_hash_policy
protocol information to generate the hash.
Uses XOR of hardware MAC addresses and IP addresses to
- generate the hash. The formula is
+ generate the hash. The IPv4 formula is
(((source IP XOR dest IP) AND 0xffff) XOR
( source MAC XOR destination MAC ))
modulo slave count
+ The IPv6 forumla is
+
+ iphash =
+ (source ip quad 2 XOR dest IP quad 2) XOR
+ (source ip quad 3 XOR dest IP quad 3) XOR
+ (source ip quad 4 XOR dest IP quad 4)
+
+ ((iphash >> 16) XOR (iphash >> 8) XOR iphash)
+ modulo slave count
+
This algorithm will place all traffic to a particular
network peer on the same slave. For non-IP traffic,
the formula is the same as for the layer2 transmit
@@ -778,19 +788,30 @@ xmit_hash_policy
slaves, although a single connection will not span
multiple slaves.
- The formula for unfragmented TCP and UDP packets is
+ The formula for unfragmented IPv4 TCP and UDP packets is
((source port XOR dest port) XOR
((source IP XOR dest IP) AND 0xffff)
modulo slave count
- For fragmented TCP or UDP packets and all other IP
- protocol traffic, the source and destination port
+ The formula for unfragmented IPv6 TCP and UDP packets is
+
+ iphash =
+ (source ip quad 2 XOR dest IP quad 2) XOR
+ (source ip quad 3 XOR dest IP quad 3) XOR
+ (source ip quad 4 XOR dest IP quad 4)
+
+ ((source port XOR dest port) XOR
+ (iphash >> 16) XOR (iphash >> 8) XOR iphash)
+ modulo slave count
+
+ For fragmented TCP or UDP packets and all other IPv4 and
+ IPv6 protocol traffic, the source and destination port
information is omitted. For non-IP traffic, the
formula is the same as for the layer2 transmit hash
policy.
- This policy is intended to mimic the behavior of
+ The IPv4 policy is intended to mimic the behavior of
certain switches, notably Cisco switches with PFC2 as
well as some Foundry and IBM products.
--
1.7.11
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