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Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2024 11:15:40 +0100
From: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
To: Aahil Awatramani <aahila@...gle.com>, David Dillow
<dave@...dillows.org>, Mahesh Bandewar <maheshb@...gle.com>, Jay Vosburgh
<j.vosburgh@...il.com>, Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com>, Andy
Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net>, "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@...nel.org>, Herbert Xu
<herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>, Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v6] bonding: Add independent control state
machine
On Mon, 2024-01-29 at 20:27 +0000, Aahil Awatramani wrote:
> Add support for the independent control state machine per IEEE
> 802.1AX-2008 5.4.15 in addition to the existing implementation of the
> coupled control state machine.
>
> Introduces two new states, AD_MUX_COLLECTING and AD_MUX_DISTRIBUTING in
> the LACP MUX state machine for separated handling of an initial
> Collecting state before the Collecting and Distributing state. This
> enables a port to be in a state where it can receive incoming packets
> while not still distributing. This is useful for reducing packet loss when
> a port begins distributing before its partner is able to collect.
If I read the code correctly, the transition
AD_MUX_COLLECTING_DISTRIBUTING -> AD_MUX_DISTRIBUTING is not possible,
am I correct?
Any chance we can have some coverage via self-tests?
Thanks,
Paolo
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