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From: zhuyj <zyjzyj2000@gmail•com>
To: "Tantilov, Emil S" <emil.s.tantilov@intel•com>,
	Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@suse•cz>,
	Jay Vosburgh <jay.vosburgh@canonical•com>
Cc: "vfalico@gmail•com" <vfalico@gmail•com>,
	"gospo@cumulusnetworks•com" <gospo@cumulusnetworks•com>,
	"netdev@vger•kernel.org" <netdev@vger•kernel.org>,
	"Shteinbock, Boris (Wind River)" <boris.shteinbock@windriver•com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] bonding: restrict up state in 802.3ad mode
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2016 11:05:18 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <568C846E.6020304@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87618083B2453E4A8714035B62D6799250503CE1@FMSMSX105.amr.corp.intel.com>

On 01/06/2016 09:26 AM, Tantilov, Emil S wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: netdev-owner@vger•kernel.org [mailto:netdev-owner@vger•kernel.org] On
>> Behalf Of zhuyj
>> Sent: Monday, December 28, 2015 1:19 AM
>> To: Michal Kubecek; Jay Vosburgh
>> Cc: vfalico@gmail•com; gospo@cumulusnetworks•com; netdev@vger•kernel.org;
>> Shteinbock, Boris (Wind River)
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] bonding: restrict up state in 802.3ad mode
>>
>> On 12/28/2015 04:43 PM, Michal Kubecek wrote:
>>> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 01:57:16PM -0800, Jay Vosburgh wrote:
>>>> <zyjzyj2000@gmail•com> wrote:
>>>>> In 802.3ad mode, the speed and duplex is needed. But in some NIC,
>>>>> there is a time span between NIC up state and getting speed and duplex.
>>>>> As such, sometimes a slave in 802.3ad mode is in up state without
>>>>> speed and duplex. This will make bonding in 802.3ad mode can not
>>>>> work well.
>>>>> To make bonding driver be compatible with more NICs, it is
>>>>> necessary to restrict the up state in 802.3ad mode.
>>>> 	What device is this?  It seems a bit odd that an Ethernet device
>>>> can be carrier up but not have the duplex and speed available.
>>> ...
>>>> 	In general, though, bonding expects a speed or duplex change to
>>>> be announced via a NETDEV_UPDATE or NETDEV_UP notifier, which would
>>>> propagate to the 802.3ad logic.
>>>>
>>>> 	If the device here is going carrier up prior to having speed or
>>>> duplex available, then maybe it should call netdev_state_change() when
>>>> the duplex and speed are available, or delay calling netif_carrier_on().
>>> I have encountered this problem (NIC having carrier on before being able
>>> to detect speed/duplex and driver not notifying when speed/duplex
>>> becomes available) with netxen cards earlier. But it was eventually
>>> fixed in the driver by commit 9d01412ae76f ("netxen: Fix link event
>>> handling.") so this example rather supports what you said.
>>>
>>>                                                             Michal Kubecek
>> Thanks a lot.
>> I checked the commit 9d01412ae76f ("netxen: Fix link event
>> handling."). The symptoms are the same with mine.
>>
>> The root cause is different. In my problem, the root cause is that LINKS
>> register[]  can not provide link_up and link_speed at the same time.
>> There is a time span between link_up and link_speed.
> The LINK_UP and LINK_SPEED bits in the LINKS register for ixgbe HW are updated
> simultaneously. Do you have any proof to show the delay you are referring to
> as I am sure our HW engineers would like to know about it.
Sorry. I can not reproduce this problem locally. What I have is the 
feedback from the customer.

Settings for eth0:
    Supported ports: [ TP ]
    Supported link modes:   100baseT/Full
                            1000baseT/Full
                            10000baseT/Full
    Supported pause frame use: No
    Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
    Advertised link modes:  100baseT/Full
                            1000baseT/Full
                            10000baseT/Full
    Advertised pause frame use: No
    Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
    Speed: Unknown!
    Duplex: Unknown! (255)
    Port: Twisted Pair
    PHYAD: 0
    Transceiver: external
    Auto-negotiation: on
    MDI-X: Unknown
    Supports Wake-on: d
    Wake-on: d
    Current message level: 0x00000007 (7)
                   drv probe link
    Link detected: no
Settings for eth0:
    Supported ports: [ TP ]
    Supported link modes:   100baseT/Full
                            1000baseT/Full
                            10000baseT/Full
    Supported pause frame use: No
    Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
    Advertised link modes:  100baseT/Full
                            1000baseT/Full
                            10000baseT/Full
    Advertised pause frame use: No
    Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
    Speed: Unknown!
    Duplex: Unknown! (255)
    Port: Twisted Pair
    PHYAD: 0
    Transceiver: external
    Auto-negotiation: on
    MDI-X: Unknown
    Supports Wake-on: d
    Wake-on: d
    Current message level: 0x00000007 (7)
                   drv probe link
    Link detected: yes
Settings for eth0:
    Supported ports: [ TP ]
    Supported link modes:   100baseT/Full
                            1000baseT/Full
                            10000baseT/Full
    Supported pause frame use: No
    Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
    Advertised link modes:  100baseT/Full
                            1000baseT/Full
                            10000baseT/Full
    Advertised pause frame use: No
    Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
    Speed: Unknown!
    Duplex: Unknown! (255)
    Port: Twisted Pair
    PHYAD: 0
    Transceiver: external
    Auto-negotiation: on
    MDI-X: Unknown
    Supports Wake-on: d
    Wake-on: d
    Current message level: 0x00000007 (7)
                   drv probe link
    Link detected: yes
Settings for eth0:
    Supported ports: [ TP ]
    Supported link modes:   100baseT/Full
                            1000baseT/Full
                            10000baseT/Full
    Supported pause frame use: No
    Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
    Advertised link modes:  100baseT/Full
                            1000baseT/Full
                            10000baseT/Full
    Advertised pause frame use: No
    Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
    Speed: Unknown!
    Duplex: Unknown! (255)
    Port: Twisted Pair
    PHYAD: 0
    Transceiver: external
    Auto-negotiation: on
    MDI-X: Unknown
    Supports Wake-on: d
    Wake-on: d
    Current message level: 0x00000007 (7)
                   drv probe link
    Link detected: yes
Settings for eth0:
    Supported ports: [ TP ]
    Supported link modes:   100baseT/Full
                            1000baseT/Full
                            10000baseT/Full
    Supported pause frame use: No
    Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
    Advertised link modes:  100baseT/Full
                            1000baseT/Full
                            10000baseT/Full
    Advertised pause frame use: No
    Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
    Speed: Unknown!
    Duplex: Unknown! (255)
    Port: Twisted Pair
    PHYAD: 0
    Transceiver: external
    Auto-negotiation: on
    MDI-X: Unknown
    Supports Wake-on: d
    Wake-on: d
    Current message level: 0x00000007 (7)
                   drv probe link
    Link detected: yes
Settings for eth0:
    Supported ports: [ TP ]
    Supported link modes:   100baseT/Full
                            1000baseT/Full
                            10000baseT/Full
    Supported pause frame use: No
    Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
    Advertised link modes:  100baseT/Full
                            1000baseT/Full
                            10000baseT/Full
    Advertised pause frame use: No
    Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
    Speed: 10000Mb/s
    Duplex: Full
    Port: Twisted Pair
    PHYAD: 0
    Transceiver: external
    Auto-negotiation: on
    MDI-X: Unknown
    Supports Wake-on: d
    Wake-on: d
    Current message level: 0x00000007 (7)
                   drv probe link
    Link detected: yes


I think the time span between link_up and link_speed lasts several seconds.

 From this function
/**
  * ixgbe_service_timer - Timer Call-back
  * @data: pointer to adapter cast into an unsigned long
  **/
static void ixgbe_service_timer(unsigned long data)
{
         struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter = (struct ixgbe_adapter *)data;
         unsigned long next_event_offset;

         /* poll faster when waiting for link */
         if (adapter->flags & IXGBE_FLAG_NEED_LINK_UPDATE)
                 next_event_offset = HZ / 10;
         else
                 next_event_offset = HZ * 2;

         /* Reset the timer */
         mod_timer(&adapter->service_timer, next_event_offset + jiffies);

         ixgbe_service_event_schedule(adapter);
}

The timer will check link state every 100ms. In this several seconds, 
the link state
is updated for about several dozens of times.
>
> What we have seen in the case of bonding is that with some link partners there
> may be a rapid link flap (up, down, up) and as result the bonding driver may
> report the speed as unknown if just so happens that the speed is checked during
> the period in which the interface is re-negotiating.
Sure. What we have done is to avoid link_up without link_speed. Unless both
link_up and link_speed are ready, the bonding driver will not be 
triggered to check
both link_up and link_speed in 802.3ad mode.

Thanks a lot.
Zhu Yanjun
> Thanks,
> Emil
>   
>> My solution is to force to synchronize link_up and link_speed in ixgbe X540 NIC.
>>
>> Best Regards!
>> Zhu Yanjun
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  reply	other threads:[~2016-01-06  3:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-12-17  8:03 [PATCH 1/1] bonding: restrict up state in 802.3ad mode zyjzyj2000
2015-12-17 21:57 ` Jay Vosburgh
2015-12-18  4:36   ` zyjzyj2000
2015-12-18  4:36     ` [PATCH 1/1] bonding: delay up state without speed and duplex " zyjzyj2000
2015-12-18  4:54       ` Jay Vosburgh
2015-12-18 13:37       ` Sergei Shtylyov
2015-12-28  8:43   ` [PATCH 1/1] bonding: restrict up state " Michal Kubecek
2015-12-28  9:19     ` zhuyj
2016-01-06  1:26       ` Tantilov, Emil S
2016-01-06  3:05         ` zhuyj [this message]
2016-01-07  2:43           ` Tantilov, Emil S
2016-01-07  3:33             ` zhuyj
2016-01-07  5:02               ` Tantilov, Emil S
2016-01-07  6:15                 ` zyjzyj2000
2016-01-07  6:22                   ` zhuyj
2016-01-07  6:33                   ` Jay Vosburgh
2016-01-07 15:27                     ` Tantilov, Emil S
2016-01-08  1:28                     ` [RFC PATCH net-next] bonding: Use notifiers for slave link state detection Jay Vosburgh
2016-01-08  4:36                       ` zhuyj
2016-01-08  6:12                         ` Jay Vosburgh
2016-01-08  7:41                           ` (unknown), zyjzyj2000
2016-01-08  7:41                             ` [PATCH 1/1] bonding: utilize notifier callbacks to detect slave link state changes zyjzyj2000
2016-01-08 10:18                               ` zhuyj
2016-01-09  1:35                       ` [RFC PATCH net-next] bonding: Use notifiers for slave link state detection Tantilov, Emil S
2016-01-09  2:19                         ` Jay Vosburgh
2016-01-11  9:03                           ` zhuyj
2016-01-13  2:54                             ` zhuyj
2016-01-13 17:03                           ` Tantilov, Emil S
2016-01-20  5:13                             ` [PATCH 1/1] " zyjzyj2000
2016-01-20  5:13                               ` zyjzyj2000
2016-01-21 10:16                             ` zyjzyj2000
2016-01-21 10:16                               ` zyjzyj2000
2016-01-25 16:37                                 ` Tantilov, Emil S
2016-01-26  0:43                                 ` Jay Vosburgh
2016-01-26  3:19                                   ` zhuyj
2016-01-26  6:00                                     ` Jay Vosburgh
2016-01-26  6:26                                       ` zhuyj
2016-01-26  6:45                                         ` zhuyj
2016-01-27 20:00                                       ` Tantilov, Emil S
2016-01-28  8:44                                         ` zyjzyj2000
2016-01-29  7:05                                       ` zhuyj
2016-01-25 16:33                               ` Tantilov, Emil S
2016-01-25 18:00                                 ` David Miller
2016-01-25 18:37                                   ` Tantilov, Emil S
2016-01-08  2:29                     ` [PATCH 1/1] bonding: restrict up state in 802.3ad mode zhuyj
2016-01-07  6:53                   ` Michal Kubecek
2016-01-07  7:37                     ` zhuyj
2016-01-07  7:59                       ` Michal Kubecek
2016-01-07  8:35                         ` zhuyj
2016-01-07  7:47             ` zhuyj
2016-01-07 18:28               ` Tantilov, Emil S
2016-01-08  6:09                 ` zhuyj
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2016-01-07  6:13 zyjzyj2000

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