netdev - Re: [PATCH next] bonding: fix active-backup transition

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Date:   Wed, 05 Apr 2017 07:16:35 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     mahesh@...dewar.net
Cc:     j.vosburgh@...il.com, andy@...yhouse.net, vfalico@...il.com,
        nikolay@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        maheshb@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH next] bonding: fix active-backup transition

From: Mahesh Bandewar <mahesh@...dewar.net>
Date: Mon,  3 Apr 2017 18:38:39 -0700

> From: Mahesh Bandewar <maheshb@...gle.com>
> 
> Earlier patch c4adfc822bf5 ("bonding: make speed, duplex setting
> consistent with link state") made an attempt to keep slave state
> consistent with speed and duplex settings. Unfortunately link-state
> transition is used to change the active link especially when used
> in conjunction with mii-mon. The above mentioned patch broke that
> logic. Also when speed and duplex settings for a link are updated
> during a link-event, the link-status should not be changed to
> invoke correct transition logic.
> 
> This patch fixes this issue by moving the link-state update outside
> of the bond_update_speed_duplex() fn and to the places where this fn
> is called and update link-state selectively.
> 
> Fixes: c4adfc822bf5 ("bonding: make speed, duplex setting consistent
> with link state")
> Signed-off-by: Mahesh Bandewar <maheshb@...gle.com>

Applied, thanks.