From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Brian Haley Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] ipv4,ipv6,bonding: Restore control over number of peer notifications Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 22:09:06 -0400 Message-ID: <4DB77AC2.5070207@hp.com> References: <1303867552.2850.39.camel@bwh-desktop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Jay Vosburgh , Andy Gospodarek , David Miller , Patrick McHardy , netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Ben Hutchings Return-path: Received: from g5t0008.atlanta.hp.com ([15.192.0.45]:19364 "EHLO g5t0008.atlanta.hp.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756447Ab1D0CJL (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Apr 2011 22:09:11 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1303867552.2850.39.camel@bwh-desktop> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 04/26/2011 09:25 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote: > For backward compatibility, we should retain the module parameters and > sysfs attributes to control the number of peer notifications > (gratuitous ARPs and unsolicited NAs) sent after bonding failover. > Also, it is possible for failover to take place even though the new > active slave does not have link up, and in that case the peer > notification should be deferred until it does. > > Change ipv4 and ipv6 so they do not automatically send peer > notifications on bonding failover. > > Change the bonding driver to send separate NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS > notifications when the link is up, as many times as requested. Since > it does not directly control which protocols send notifications, make > num_grat_arp and num_unsol_na aliases for a single parameter. Bump > the bonding version number and update its documentation. > > Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings Signed-off-by: Brian Haley