> -----Original Message----- > From: netdev-ow...@vger.kernel.org <netdev-ow...@vger.kernel.org> On > Behalf Of Chris Packham > Sent: 25-Jul-19 19:37 > To: tipc-discuss...@lists.sourceforge.net > Cc: net...@vger.kernel.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Slowness forming TIPC cluster with explicit node addresses > > Hi, > > I'm having problems forming a TIPC cluster between 2 nodes. > > This is the basic steps I'm going through on each node. > > modprobe tipc > ip link set eth2 up > tipc node set addr 1.1.5 # or 1.1.6 > tipc bearer enable media eth dev eth0
eth2, I assume... > > Then to confirm if the cluster is formed I use tipc link list > > [root@node-5 ~]# tipc link list > broadcast-link: up > ... > > Looking at tcpdump the two nodes are sending packets > > 22:30:05.782320 TIPC v2.0 1.1.5 > 0.0.0, headerlength 60 bytes, MessageSize > 76 bytes, Neighbor Detection Protocol internal, messageType Link request > 22:30:05.863555 TIPC v2.0 1.1.6 > 0.0.0, headerlength 60 bytes, MessageSize > 76 bytes, Neighbor Detection Protocol internal, messageType Link request > > Eventually (after a few minutes) the link does come up > > [root@node-6 ~]# tipc link list > broadcast-link: up > 1001006:eth2-1001005:eth2: up > > [root@node-5 ~]# tipc link list > broadcast-link: up > 1001005:eth2-1001006:eth2: up > > When I remove the "tipc node set addr" things seem to kick into life straight > away > > [root@node-5 ~]# tipc link list > broadcast-link: up > 0050b61bd2aa:eth2-0050b61e6dfa:eth2: up > > So there appears to be some difference in behaviour between having an > explicit node address and using the default. Unfortunately our application > relies on setting the node addresses. I do this many times a day, without any problems. If there would be any time difference, I would expect the 'auto configurable' version to be slower, because it involves a DAD step. Are you sure you don't have any other nodes running in your system? ///jon > > [root@node-5 ~]# uname -a > Linux linuxbox 5.2.0-at1+ #8 SMP Thu Jul 25 23:22:41 UTC 2019 ppc > GNU/Linux > > Any thoughts on the problem?
