From: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@redhat•com>
To: Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@redhat•com>, netdev@vger•kernel.org
Cc: Jay Vosburgh <fubar@us•ibm.com>, Andy Gospodarek <andy@greyhouse•net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 net-next 02/12] bonding: permit using arp_validate with non-ab modes
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 12:21:46 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5303424A.2020700@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1392706127-28390-3-git-send-email-vfalico@redhat.com>
On 02/18/2014 07:48 AM, Veaceslav Falico wrote:
> Currently it's disabled because it's sometimes hard, in typical configs, to
> make it work - because of the nature how the loadbalance modes work - as
> it's hard to deliver valid arp replies to correct slaves by the switch.
>
> However we still can use arp_validation in loadbalance with several other
> configs, per example with arp_validate == 2 for backup with one broadcast
> domain, without the switch(es) doing any balancing - this way we'd be (a
> bit more) sure that the slave is up.
>
> So, enable it to let users decide which one works/suits them best. Also
> correct the mode limitation from BOND_OPT_ARP_VALIDATE.
>
> CC: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@redhat•com>
> CC: Jay Vosburgh <fubar@us•ibm.com>
> CC: Andy Gospodarek <andy@greyhouse•net>
> Signed-off-by: Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@redhat•com>
> ---
Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@redhat•com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-02-18 11:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-02-18 6:48 (unknown), Veaceslav Falico
2014-02-18 6:48 ` [PATCH v5 net-next 01/12] bonding: remove bond->lock from bond_arp_rcv Veaceslav Falico
2014-02-18 11:54 ` Ding Tianhong
2014-02-18 6:48 ` [PATCH v5 net-next 02/12] bonding: permit using arp_validate with non-ab modes Veaceslav Falico
2014-02-18 11:21 ` Nikolay Aleksandrov [this message]
2014-02-18 6:48 ` [PATCH v5 net-next 03/12] bonding: always update last_arp_rx on packet recieve Veaceslav Falico
2014-02-18 6:48 ` [PATCH v5 net-next 04/12] bonding: always set recv_probe to bond_arp_rcv in arp monitor Veaceslav Falico
2014-02-18 6:48 ` [PATCH v5 net-next 05/12] bonding: extend arp_validate to be able to receive unvalidated arp-only traffic Veaceslav Falico
2014-02-18 6:48 ` [PATCH v5 net-next 06/12] bonding: document the new _arp options for arp_validate Veaceslav Falico
2014-02-18 6:48 ` [PATCH v5 net-next 07/12] bonding: use the new options to correctly set last_arp_rx Veaceslav Falico
2014-02-18 6:48 ` [PATCH v5 net-next 08/12] bonding: use last_arp_rx in slave_last_rx() Veaceslav Falico
2014-02-18 6:48 ` [PATCH v5 net-next 09/12] bonding: use last_arp_rx in bond_loadbalance_arp_mon() Veaceslav Falico
2014-02-18 6:48 ` [PATCH v5 net-next 10/12] bonding: remove useless updating of slave->dev->last_rx Veaceslav Falico
2014-02-18 6:48 ` [PATCH v5 net-next 11/12] bonding: trivial: rename slave->jiffies to ->last_link_up Veaceslav Falico
2014-02-18 6:48 ` [PATCH v5 net-next 12/12] bonding: rename last_arp_rx to last_rx Veaceslav Falico
2014-02-18 6:58 ` [PATCH v5 net-next 0/12] bonding: add an option to rely on unvalidated arp packets Veaceslav Falico
2014-02-18 21:49 ` David Miller
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