From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: tlfalcon@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, nfont@linux.vnet.ibm.com,
jallen@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ibmvnic: Wait for device response when changing MAC
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2018 18:03:44 -0500 (EST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180129.180344.453718428801787041.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1517255105-13634-1-git-send-email-tlfalcon@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
From: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2018 13:45:05 -0600
> Wait for a response from the VNIC server before exiting after setting
> the MAC address. The resolves an issue with bonding a VNIC client in
> ALB or TLB modes. The bonding driver was changing the MAC address more
> rapidly than the device could respond, causing the following errors.
>
> "bond0: the hw address of slave eth2 is in use by the bond;
> couldn't find a slave with a free hw address to give it
> (this should not have happened)"
>
> If the function waits until the change is finalized, these errors are
> avoided.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Applied, thanks Thomas.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-01-29 23:03 UTC|newest]
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2018-01-29 19:45 [PATCH net] ibmvnic: Wait for device response when changing MAC Thomas Falcon
2018-01-29 23:03 ` David Miller [this message]
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