Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] ipv4,ipv6,bonding: Restore control over number of peer notifications

From: Brian Haley <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:21:17 -0400

On 04/26/2011 10:14 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-04-26 at 22:09 -0400, Brian Haley wrote:
>> On 04/26/2011 09:25 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
>>> For backward compatibility, we should retain the module parameters and
>>> sysfs attributes to control the number of peer notifications
>>> (gratuitous ARPs and unsolicited NAs) sent after bonding failover.
>>> Also, it is possible for failover to take place even though the new
>>> active slave does not have link up, and in that case the peer
>>> notification should be deferred until it does.
>>>
>>> Change ipv4 and ipv6 so they do not automatically send peer
>>> notifications on bonding failover.
>>>
>>> Change the bonding driver to send separate NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS
>>> notifications when the link is up, as many times as requested.  Since
>>> it does not directly control which protocols send notifications, make
>>> num_grat_arp and num_unsol_na aliases for a single parameter.  Bump
>>> the bonding version number and update its documentation.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <[email-masked]>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Brian Haley <[email-masked]>
> 
> I'm not sure what you mean by this.  You didn't write any of it and
> you're not a maintainer with your own repository.  Did you mean to say
> 'Reviewed-by' or 'Acked-by'?

Sorry, yes:

Acked-by: Brian Haley <[email-masked]>