On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 12:28:49PM -0700, Atanas wrote:
> User Freebsd said the following on 6/29/06 9:29 PM:
> >
> >The other funny thing about the current em driver is that if you move an
> >IP to it from a different server, the appropriate ARP packets aren't
> >sent out to redirect the IP traffic .. recently, someone pointed me to
> >arping, which has solved my problem *external* to the driver ...
> >
> That's the second reason why I (still) avoid em in mass-aliased systems.
>
> I have a single pool of IP addresses shared by many servers with
> multiple aliases each. When someone leaves and frees an IP, it gets
> reused and brought up on a different server. In case it was previously
> handled by em, the traffic doesn't get redirected to the new server.
>
> Similar thing happens even with machines with single static IPs. For
> instance when retiring an old production system, I usually request a new
> box to be brought up on a different IP, make a fresh install on
> everything and test, swap IP addresses and reboot. In case of em, after
> a soft reboot both systems are inaccessible.
>
> A workaround is to power both of the systems down and then power them
> up. This however cannot be done remotely and in case there were IP
> aliases, they still don't get any traffic.
>
I haven't fully tested it but what about attached patch?
It may fix your ARP issue. The patch also fixes other issues
related with ioctls.
Now em(4) will send a ARP packet when its IP address is changed even
if there is no active link. Since em(4) is not mii-aware driver I
can't sure this behaviour is correct.
--
Regards,
Pyun YongHyeon
Index: if_em.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /pool/ncvs/src/sys/dev/em/if_em.c,v
retrieving revision 1.116
diff -u -r1.116 if_em.c
--- if_em.c 6 Jun 2006 08:03:49 -0000 1.116
+++ if_em.c 1 Jul 2006 03:51:41 -0000
@@ -692,7 +692,8 @@
EM_LOCK_ASSERT(sc);
- if (!sc->link_active)
+ if ((ifp->if_drv_flags & (IFF_DRV_RUNNING|IFF_DRV_OACTIVE)) !=
+ IFF_DRV_RUNNING)
return;
while (!IFQ_DRV_IS_EMPTY(&ifp->if_snd)) {
@@ -751,11 +752,6 @@
return (error);
switch (command) {
- case SIOCSIFADDR:
- case SIOCGIFADDR:
- IOCTL_DEBUGOUT("ioctl rcv'd: SIOCxIFADDR (Get/Set Interface
Addr)");
- ether_ioctl(ifp, command, data);
- break;
case SIOCSIFMTU:
{
int max_frame_size;
@@ -802,17 +798,19 @@
IOCTL_DEBUGOUT("ioctl rcv'd: SIOCSIFFLAGS (Set Interface
Flags)");
EM_LOCK(sc);
if (ifp->if_flags & IFF_UP) {
- if (!(ifp->if_drv_flags & IFF_DRV_RUNNING)) {
+ if ((ifp->if_drv_flags & IFF_DRV_RUNNING)) {
+ if ((ifp->if_flags ^ sc->if_flags) &
+ IFF_PROMISC) {
+ em_disable_promisc(sc);
+ em_set_promisc(sc);
+ }
+ } else
em_init_locked(sc);
- }
-
- em_disable_promisc(sc);
- em_set_promisc(sc);
} else {
- if (ifp->if_drv_flags & IFF_DRV_RUNNING) {
+ if (ifp->if_drv_flags & IFF_DRV_RUNNING)
em_stop(sc);
- }
}
+ sc->if_flags = ifp->if_flags;
EM_UNLOCK(sc);
break;
case SIOCADDMULTI:
@@ -878,8 +876,8 @@
break;
}
default:
- IOCTL_DEBUGOUT1("ioctl received: UNKNOWN (0x%x)", (int)command);
- error = EINVAL;
+ error = ether_ioctl(ifp, command, data);
+ break;
}
return (error);
Index: if_em.h
===================================================================
RCS file: /pool/ncvs/src/sys/dev/em/if_em.h,v
retrieving revision 1.44
diff -u -r1.44 if_em.h
--- if_em.h 15 Feb 2006 08:39:50 -0000 1.44
+++ if_em.h 1 Jul 2006 03:51:41 -0000
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@
struct callout timer;
struct callout tx_fifo_timer;
int io_rid;
+ int if_flags;
struct mtx mtx;
int em_insert_vlan_header;
struct task link_task;
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