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authorVeaceslav Falico <vfalico@redhat.com>2013-10-07 09:17:20 +0200
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2013-10-08 16:06:39 -0400
commit4996b9098d5522f9d3233af6a7efd1fac5d43f00 (patch)
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parentveth: Showing peer of veth type dev in ip link (kernel side) (diff)
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bonding: ensure that TLB mode's active slave has correct mac filter
Currently, in TLB mode we change mac addresses only by memcpy-ing the to net_device->dev_addr, without actually setting them via dev_set_mac_address(). This permits us to receive all the traffic always on one mac address. However, in case the interface flips, some drivers might enforce the mac filtering for its FW/HW based on current ->dev_addr, and thus we won't be able to receive traffic on that interface, in case it will be selected as active in TLB mode. Fix it by setting the mac address forcefully on every new active slave that we select in TLB mode. CC: Jay Vosburgh <fubar@us.ibm.com> CC: Andy Gospodarek <andy@greyhouse.net> CC: Yuval Mintz <yuvalmin@broadcom.com> Reported-by: Yuval Mintz <yuvalmin@broadcom.com> Tested-by: Yuval Mintz <yuvalmin@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
index e96041816b5b..576cceae026a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
@@ -1699,6 +1699,23 @@ void bond_alb_handle_active_change(struct bonding *bond, struct slave *new_slave
ASSERT_RTNL();
+ /* in TLB mode, the slave might flip down/up with the old dev_addr,
+ * and thus filter bond->dev_addr's packets, so force bond's mac
+ */
+ if (bond->params.mode == BOND_MODE_TLB) {
+ struct sockaddr sa;
+ u8 tmp_addr[ETH_ALEN];
+
+ memcpy(tmp_addr, new_slave->dev->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN);
+
+ memcpy(sa.sa_data, bond->dev->dev_addr, bond->dev->addr_len);
+ sa.sa_family = bond->dev->type;
+ /* we don't care if it can't change its mac, best effort */
+ dev_set_mac_address(new_slave->dev, &sa);
+
+ memcpy(new_slave->dev->dev_addr, tmp_addr, ETH_ALEN);
+ }
+
/* curr_active_slave must be set before calling alb_swap_mac_addr */
if (swap_slave) {
/* swap mac address */