Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH net-next v3] bonding: add a vlan+srcmac tx hashing option | From | David Ahern <> | Date | Mon, 18 Jan 2021 16:10:38 -0700 |
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On 1/15/21 12:21 PM, Jarod Wilson wrote: > diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst b/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst > index adc314639085..36562dcd3e1e 100644 > --- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst > +++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst > @@ -951,6 +951,19 @@ xmit_hash_policy > packets will be distributed according to the encapsulated > flows. > > + vlan+srcmac > + > + This policy uses a very rudimentary vland ID and source mac
s/vland/vlan/
> + ID hash to load-balance traffic per-vlan, with failover
drop ID on this line; just 'source mac'.
> + should one leg fail. The intended use case is for a bond > + shared by multiple virtual machines, all configured to > + use their own vlan, to give lacp-like functionality > + without requiring lacp-capable switching hardware. > + > + The formula for the hash is simply > + > + hash = (vlan ID) XOR (source MAC vendor) XOR (source MAC dev) > + > The default value is layer2. This option was added in bonding > version 2.6.3. In earlier versions of bonding, this parameter > does not exist, and the layer2 policy is the only policy. The
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