Re: [PATCH net-next v5 00/10] Decouple receive and transmit enablement in team driver

Jakub Kicinski
2026-04-06T14:44:40Z

On Mon, 06 Apr 2026 03:03:36 +0000 Marc Harvey wrote:
> Allow independent control over receive and transmit enablement states
> for aggregated ports in the team driver.
>
> The motivation is that IEE 802.3ad LACP "independent control" can't
> be implemented for the team driver currently. This was added to the
> bonding driver in commit 240fd405528b ("bonding: Add independent
> control state machine").
>
> This series also has a few patches that add tests to show that the old
> coupled enablement still works and that the new decoupled enablement
> works as intended (4, 5, and 10).
>
> There are three patches with small fixes as well, with the goal of
> making the final decoupling patch clearer (1, 2, and 3).

activebackup:

TAP version 13
1..1
# overriding timeout to 2400
# selftests: drivers/net/team: teamd_activebackup.sh
# Setting up two-link aggregation for runner activebackup
# Teamd version is: teamd 1.32
# Conf files are /tmp/tmp.ydjNK9Um7H and /tmp/tmp.xZuc3cWbN0
# This program is not intended to be run as root.
# This program is not intended to be run as root.
# Created team devices
# Teamd PIDs are 21457 and 21461
# exec of "ip link set eth0 up" failed: No such file or directory
# exec of "ip link set eth0 up" failed: No such file or directory
# exec of "ip link set eth1 up" failed: No such file or directory
# exec of "ip link set eth1 up" failed: No such file or directory
# PING fd00::2 (fd00::2) 56 data bytes
# 64 bytes from fd00::2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.753 ms
#
# --- fd00::2 ping statistics ---
# 1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms
# rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.753/0.753/0.753/0.000 msPacket count for test_team2 was 0
# Waiting for eth0 in ns2-lZ0gqd to stop receiving
# Packet count for eth0 was 0Packet count for eth0 was 0
# Packet count for eth1 was 0
# Waiting for eth1 in ns2-lZ0gqd to stop receiving
# Packet count for eth1 was 0Packet count for eth0 was 0
# Packet count for eth1 was 0
# TEST: teamd active backup runner test [FAIL]
# Traffic did not reach team interface in NS2.
# Tearing down two-link aggregation
# Failed to kill daemon: Timer expired
# Failed to kill daemon: Timer expired
# Sending sigkill to teamd for test_team1
# rm: cannot remove '/var/run/teamd/test_team1.pid': No such file or directory
# rm: cannot remove '/var/run/teamd/test_team1.sock': No such file or directory
# Sending sigkill to teamd for test_team2
# rm: cannot remove '/var/run/teamd/test_team2.pid': No such file or directory
# rm: cannot remove '/var/run/teamd/test_team2.sock': No such file or directory
not ok 1 selftests: drivers/net/team: teamd_activebackup.sh # exit=1

transmit_failover:

TAP version 13
1..1
# overriding timeout to 2400
# selftests: drivers/net/team: transmit_failover.sh
# Error: ipv6: address not found.
# Setting team in ns2-yxjiUo to mode roundrobin
# Error: ipv6: address not found.
# Setting team in ns1-Jht6kA to mode broadcast
# Packet count for eth0 was 0
# Packet count for eth1 was 0
# Packet count for eth0 was 0
# Packet count for eth1 was 0
# Packet count for eth0 was 0
# Packet count for eth1 was 0
# TEST: Failover of 'broadcast' test [FAIL]
# eth0 not transmitting when both links enabled
# Setting team in ns1-Jht6kA to mode roundrobin
# Packet count for eth0 was 0
# Packet count for eth1 was 0
# Packet count for eth0 was 0
# Packet count for eth1 was 0
# Packet count for eth0 was 0
# Packet count for eth1 was 0
# TEST: Failover of 'roundrobin' test [FAIL]
# eth0 not transmitting when both links enabled
# Setting team in ns1-Jht6kA to mode random
# Packet count for eth0 was 0
# Packet count for eth1 was 0
# Packet count for eth0 was 0
# Packet count for eth1 was 0
# Packet count for eth0 was 0
# Packet count for eth1 was 0
# TEST: Failover of 'random' test [FAIL]
# eth0 not transmitting when both links enabled
not ok 1 selftests: drivers/net/team: transmit_failover.sh # exit=1
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