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

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

2015-10-06 Thread Jarod Wilson
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 long, or simply gettin