netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: bonding: fix tlb_dynamic

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Date:   Tue, 12 Sep 2017 20:59:00 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, j.vosburgh@...il.com, vfalico@...il.com,
        andy@...yhouse.net, maheshb@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: bonding: fix tlb_dynamic_lb default value

From: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 15:10:05 +0300

> Commit 8b426dc54cf4 ("bonding: remove hardcoded value") changed the
> default value for tlb_dynamic_lb which lead to either broken ALB mode
> (since tlb_dynamic_lb can be changed only in TLB) or setting TLB mode
> with tlb_dynamic_lb equal to 0.
> The first issue was recently fixed by setting tlb_dynamic_lb to 1 always
> when switching to ALB mode, but the default value is still wrong and
> we'll enter TLB mode with tlb_dynamic_lb equal to 0 if the mode is
> changed via netlink or sysfs. In order to restore the previous behaviour
> and default value simply remove the mode check around the default param
> initialization for tlb_dynamic_lb which will always set it to 1 as
> before.
> 
> Fixes: 8b426dc54cf4 ("bonding: remove hardcoded value")
> Signed-off-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.