From: Louis Scalbert <louis.scalbert@6wind.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: stephen@networkplumber.org, andrew+netdev@lunn.ch,
jv@jvosburgh.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, fbl@redhat.com, andy@greyhouse.net,
shemminger@vyatta.com, maheshb@google.com,
Louis Scalbert <louis.scalbert@6wind.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH iproute2] ip/bond: add lacp_fallback support
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 17:24:09 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260408152409.276358-1-louis.scalbert@6wind.com> (raw)
lacp_fallback defines the behavior of a LACP bonding interface
when no slaves are in collecting(/distributing) state while at least
'min_links' slaves have carrier.
In the default (legacy) mode, the bonding master remains up and a
single slave is selected for TX/RX, while traffic received on other
slaves is dropped. This preserves the existing behavior.
In strict mode, the bonding master reports carrier down in this
situation.
Signed-off-by: Louis Scalbert <louis.scalbert@6wind.com>
---
include/uapi/linux/if_link.h | 1 +
ip/iplink_bond.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 26 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h b/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
index 2037afbc..1588d520 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
@@ -1537,6 +1537,7 @@ enum {
IFLA_BOND_NS_IP6_TARGET,
IFLA_BOND_COUPLED_CONTROL,
IFLA_BOND_BROADCAST_NEIGH,
+ IFLA_BOND_LACP_FALLBACK,
__IFLA_BOND_MAX,
};
diff --git a/ip/iplink_bond.c b/ip/iplink_bond.c
index 714fe7bd..f33252e8 100644
--- a/ip/iplink_bond.c
+++ b/ip/iplink_bond.c
@@ -87,6 +87,12 @@ static const char *lacp_rate_tbl[] = {
NULL,
};
+static const char *lacp_fallback_tbl[] = {
+ "legacy",
+ "strict",
+ NULL,
+};
+
static const char *ad_select_tbl[] = {
"stable",
"bandwidth",
@@ -155,6 +161,7 @@ static void print_explain(FILE *f)
" [ ad_user_port_key PORTKEY ]\n"
" [ ad_actor_sys_prio SYSPRIO ]\n"
" [ ad_actor_system LLADDR ]\n"
+ " [ lacp_fallback LACP_FALLBACK ]\n"
" [ arp_missed_max MISSED_MAX ]\n"
"\n"
"BONDMODE := balance-rr|active-backup|balance-xor|broadcast|802.3ad|balance-tlb|balance-alb\n"
@@ -168,6 +175,7 @@ static void print_explain(FILE *f)
"AD_SELECT := stable|bandwidth|count\n"
"COUPLED_CONTROL := off|on\n"
"BROADCAST_NEIGHBOR := off|on\n"
+ "LACP_FALLBACK := legacy|strict\n"
);
}
@@ -188,6 +196,7 @@ static int bond_parse_opt(struct link_util *lu, int argc, char **argv,
__u32 packets_per_slave;
__u8 missed_max;
__u8 broadcast_neighbor;
+ __u8 lacp_fallback;
unsigned int ifindex;
int ret;
@@ -417,6 +426,13 @@ static int bond_parse_opt(struct link_util *lu, int argc, char **argv,
return -1;
addattr_l(n, 1024, IFLA_BOND_AD_ACTOR_SYSTEM,
abuf, len);
+ } else if (matches(*argv, "lacp_fallback") == 0) {
+ NEXT_ARG();
+ if (get_index(lacp_fallback_tbl, *argv) < 0)
+ invarg("invalid lacp_rate", *argv);
+
+ lacp_fallback = get_index(lacp_fallback_tbl, *argv);
+ addattr8(n, 1024, IFLA_BOND_LACP_FALLBACK, lacp_fallback);
} else if (matches(*argv, "tlb_dynamic_lb") == 0) {
NEXT_ARG();
if (get_u8(&tlb_dynamic_lb, *argv, 0)) {
@@ -642,6 +658,15 @@ static void bond_print_opt(struct link_util *lu, FILE *f, struct rtattr *tb[])
"all_slaves_active %u ",
rta_getattr_u8(tb[IFLA_BOND_ALL_SLAVES_ACTIVE]));
+ if (tb[IFLA_BOND_LACP_FALLBACK]) {
+ const char *lacp_fallback = get_name(lacp_fallback_tbl,
+ rta_getattr_u8(tb[IFLA_BOND_LACP_FALLBACK]));
+ print_string(PRINT_ANY,
+ "lacp_fallback",
+ "lacp_fallback %s ",
+ lacp_fallback);
+ }
+
if (tb[IFLA_BOND_MIN_LINKS])
print_uint(PRINT_ANY,
"min_links",
--
2.39.2
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