Re: [PATCH v4] net/bonding: send arp in interval if no active slave

2015-10-30 Thread Uwe Koziolek
Nikolay Aleksandrov wrote: On 10/06/2015 09:53 PM, Jarod Wilson wrote: From: Uwe Koziolek With some very finicky switch hardware, active backup bonding can get into a situation where we play ping-pong between interfaces, trying to get one to come up as the active slave. There seems to be an iss

Re: [PATCH v4] net/bonding: send arp in interval if no active slave

2015-10-12 Thread Jarod Wilson
Jay Vosburgh wrote: Jarod Wilson wrote: Jarod Wilson wrote: ... As Andy already stated I'm not a fan of such workarounds either but it's necessary sometimes so if this is going to be actually considered then a few things need to be fixed. Please make this a proper bonding option which can be

Re: [PATCH v4] net/bonding: send arp in interval if no active slave

2015-10-09 Thread Jay Vosburgh
Jarod Wilson wrote: >Jarod Wilson wrote: >... >> As Andy already stated I'm not a fan of such workarounds either but it's >> necessary sometimes so if this is going to be actually considered then a >> few things need to be fixed. Please make this a proper bonding option >> which can be changed at

Re: [PATCH v4] net/bonding: send arp in interval if no active slave

2015-10-09 Thread Nikolay Aleksandrov
On 10/09/2015 04:36 PM, Jarod Wilson wrote: > Jarod Wilson wrote: > ... >> As Andy already stated I'm not a fan of such workarounds either but it's >> necessary sometimes so if this is going to be actually considered then a >> few things need to be fixed. Please make this a proper bonding option >>

Re: [PATCH v4] net/bonding: send arp in interval if no active slave

2015-10-09 Thread Jarod Wilson
Jarod Wilson wrote: ... As Andy already stated I'm not a fan of such workarounds either but it's necessary sometimes so if this is going to be actually considered then a few things need to be fixed. Please make this a proper bonding option which can be changed at runtime and not only via a module

Re: [PATCH v4] net/bonding: send arp in interval if no active slave

2015-10-07 Thread Jarod Wilson
Nikolay Aleksandrov wrote: On 10/06/2015 09:53 PM, Jarod Wilson wrote: From: Uwe Koziolek With some very finicky switch hardware, active backup bonding can get into a situation where we play ping-pong between interfaces, trying to get one to come up as the active slave. There seems to be an iss

Re: [PATCH v4] net/bonding: send arp in interval if no active slave

2015-10-07 Thread Nikolay Aleksandrov
On 10/06/2015 09:53 PM, Jarod Wilson wrote: > From: Uwe Koziolek > > With some very finicky switch hardware, active backup bonding can get into > a situation where we play ping-pong between interfaces, trying to get one > to come up as the active slave. There seems to be an issue with the > switc

Re: [PATCH v4] net/bonding: send arp in interval if no active slave

2015-10-06 Thread Jarod Wilson
Jarod Wilson wrote: From: Uwe Koziolek With some very finicky switch hardware, active backup bonding can get into a situation where we play ping-pong between interfaces, trying to get one to come up as the active slave. There seems to be an issue with the switch's arp replies either taking too l