Bug 706018

Summary: miss xmit_hash_policy=layer2+3 in modinfo bonding output
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: Liang Zheng <lzheng>
Component: kernelAssignee: Weiping Pan <wpan>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Petr Beňas <pbenas>
Severity: low Docs Contact:
Priority: unspecified    
Version: 6.1CC: herbert.xu, jpirko, kmcmartin, kzhang, pbenas, pstehlik, ruyang, tgraf, wpan
Target Milestone: rc   
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Fixed In Version: kernel-2.6.32-196.el6 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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: 717850 (view as bug list) Environment:
Last Closed: 2011-12-06 13:32:11 UTC Type: ---
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Bug Blocks: 717850, 743047    
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update xmit_hash_policy module parameter description none

Description Liang Zheng 2011-05-19 07:54:34 UTC 
Description of problem:
miss xmit_hash_policy=layer2+3 in modinfo bonding output

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
2.6.32-131.0.15.el6

How reproducible:

Steps to Reproduce:
1.modinfo bonding | grep xmit_hash_policy

  
Actual results:
miss "2 for layer2+3 "

Expected results:


Additional info:
[root@hp-dl585g7-02 ~]# modinfo bonding | grep  xmit_hash_policy
parm:           xmit_hash_policy:XOR hashing method: 0 for layer 2 (default), 1 for layer 3+4 (charp)
Comment 1 Weiping Pan 2011-05-25 10:07:16 UTC 
Created attachment 500769 [details]
update xmit_hash_policy module parameter description

I send the patch to netdev.org,
and wait for response.
Comment 2 Weiping Pan 2011-07-27 06:32:24 UTC 
90e62474fd08e16ba5309886c801243b0eb782f3

This commit can resolve this bug.
Comment 3 Weiping Pan 2011-08-12 01:45:14 UTC 
I've posted a patch to rh-kernel-list, and waiting for reviews.

http://post-office.corp.redhat.com/archives/rhkernel-list/2011-August/msg01303.html
Comment 5 RHEL Program Management 2011-08-17 21:49:40 UTC 
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion
in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release. Product Management has 
requested further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed 
products. This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update release.
Comment 6 Aristeu Rozanski 2011-09-12 15:03:17 UTC 
Patch(es) available on kernel-2.6.32-196.el6
Comment 10 Petr Beňas 2011-09-13 10:04:18 UTC 
Reproduced in 2.6.32-195.el6.x86_64 and verified in 2.6.32-196.el6.x86_64.
Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2011-12-06 13:32:11 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1530.html