Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:46:55 +0100 | From | Jiri Pirko <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] bonding: allow bond in mode balance-alb to work properly in bridge -try4 |
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Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 08:38:19AM CET, davem@davemloft.net wrote: >From: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com> >Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:52:06 +0100 > >> (resend, updated changelog, hook moved into skb_bond_should_drop, >> skb_bond_should_drop ifdefed) >> >> Hi all. >> >> The problem is described in following bugzilla: >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487763 > ... >> This patch solves the situation in the bonding without touching bridge code, >> as Patrick suggested. For every incoming frame to bonding it searches the >> destination address in slaves list and if any of slave addresses matches, it >> rewrites the address in frame by the adress of bonding master. This ensures that >> all frames comming thru the bonding in alb mode have the same address. >> >> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com> > > >I don't like the hook, but if that's how it's best done....
Yes I agree with you, but I thing that for now it's the best way to do this. I picked this solution out of 3 that I had in mind and this is the lesser evil :) If anyone have any other solution please speak up.
> >Patrick, please review this.
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