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Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 17:58:54 +0100 From: Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@...hat.com> To: netdev@...r.kernel.org Cc: Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@...hat.com>, Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com>, Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net> Subject: [PATCH v2 net-next 06/12] bonding: document the new _arp options for arp_validate CC: Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com> CC: Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net> Signed-off-by: Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@...hat.com> --- Documentation/networking/bonding.txt | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt index 3620690..a0c1bca2 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt @@ -279,19 +279,45 @@ arp_validate none or 0 - No validation is performed. This is the default. + No validation is performed. This is the default. Any arriving + traffic (arp or non-arp) is considered a proof that the slave + is up. active or 1 - Validation is performed only for the active slave. + Validation is performed only for the active slave. Only ARPs + that arrive from any arp_ip_target are considered legit. The + backup slave still does no validation (as if arp_validate=0). backup or 2 - Validation is performed only for backup slaves. + Validation is performed only for backup slaves. Only ARPs + that arrive from any arp_ip_target are considered legit. The + active slave still has no validation (as if arp_validate=0). all or 3 - Validation is performed for all slaves. + Validation is performed for all slaves. Only ARPs + that arrive from any arp_ip_target are considered legit. + + arp or 4 + + Any arp packet is accepted as a proof that any slave is up, + but no IP-based validation is made. + + active_arp or 5 + + Validation is performed only for the active slave. Only ARPs + that arrive from any arp_ip_target are considered legit. The + backup slave validates only arp packets, but doesn't check the + source (as if arp_validate=4). + + backup_any or 6 + + Validation is performed only for backup slaves. Only ARPs + that arrive from any arp_ip_target are considered legit. The + active slave validates only arp packets, but doesn't check the + source (as if arp_validate=4). For the active slave, the validation checks ARP replies to confirm that they were generated by an arp_ip_target. Since -- 1.8.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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