Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next] bonding: extend bond_arp_send_all to bridge devices

From: Chris J Arges <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2012 07:56:27 -0600

On 11/05/2012 04:45 PM, Jay Vosburgh wrote:
> Chris J Arges <[email-masked]> wrote:
> 
>> ARP monitoring does not work when we have a network in the
>> following configuration:
>>
>> eth0----+ +----bond0.100----br0-100---{+virtual machines
>>          | |
>>          +----bond0----+----br0---(fixed IP)->--{LAN arp_ip_target}
>>          | |
>> eth1----+ +----bond0.200----br0-200---{+virtual machines
>>
>> This patch extends bond_arp_send_all to check if a device
>> is also in a bridge.
>>
>> This is related to the following issues:
>> http://launchpad.net/bugs/736226
>> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31822
>>
>> Thanks to help from Andy Gospodarek <[email-masked]>.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Chris J Arges <[email-masked]>
> 
> 	What has changed that you're up to version 3 now?

Had (user) issues with git send-email, and wanted to send a clean patch.
Sorry about that.
> 
>> drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c |   12 ++++++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
>> index b2530b0..cb791f6 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
>> @@ -2708,6 +2708,18 @@ static void bond_arp_send_all(struct bonding *bond, struct slave *slave)
>> 			continue;
>> 		}
>>
>> +		/*
>> +		 * Check if the target is part of a bridge.
>> +		 */
> 
> 		/* Comment should be formatted like this.
> 		 */
> 
>> +		if (rt->dst.dev->priv_flags & IFF_EBRIDGE) {
>> +			/* Confirm addr is part of the bridge */
>> +			addr = bond_confirm_addr(rt->dst.dev, targets[i], 0);
>> +
>> +			/* Send ARP request */
> 
> 	I think this comment is unnecessary.
> 
> 	-J
> 
>> +			bond_arp_send(slave->dev, ARPOP_REQUEST, targets[i], addr, 0);
>> +			continue;
>> +		}
>> +

Great, sending v4 soon with these changes.
--chris j arges

>> 		if (net_ratelimit()) {
>> 			pr_warning("%s: no path to arp_ip_target %pI4 via rt.dev %s\n",
>> 				   bond->dev->name, &targets[i],
>> -- 
>> 1.7.9.5
>>
> 
> ---
> 	-Jay Vosburgh, IBM Linux Technology Center, [email-masked]
>