Bug 165018 - Bonding driver fails to switch to backup link
Summary: Bonding driver fails to switch to backup link
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 4.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
: ---
Assignee: John W. Linville
QA Contact: Brian Brock
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: 168429
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-08-03 16:08 UTC by David Milburn
Modified: 2018-10-19 19:02 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: RHSA-2006-0132
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2006-03-07 19:28:59 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:


Attachments (Terms of Use)
Patch verified by customer to fix problem. (1.08 KB, patch)
2005-08-03 16:09 UTC, David Milburn
no flags Details | Diff


Links
System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2005:808 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: kernel security update 2005-10-27 04:00:00 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2006:0132 0 qe-ready SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: Updated kernel packages available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 3 2006-03-09 16:31:00 UTC

Internal Links: 167116

Description David Milburn 2005-08-03 16:08:09 UTC
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Description of problem:
When heaviliy sending UDP packets, the bonding driver failed to switch to the backup link.

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bonding-devel&m=112056134412688&w=2

The problem is as follows.
1. While executing an application that transmits UDP packets
2. When the e1000 driver's link goes down
3. The bonding driver switches the link to the backup link, but no packets are sent from the new link.



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-2.6.9-11.EL

How reproducible:
Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Transmitt packets.
2. Cause e1000 driver's link to go down.
3. After that, the bonding driver will switch the link to the backup link.

  

Actual Results:  No packets are sent from the new link.

Expected Results:  The packets should be sent from the new link.

Additional info:



http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/patch@1.2850.1.22?nav=index.html|src/|src/net|src/net/core|related/net/core/link_watch.c|cset@1.2850.1.22

Comment 1 David Milburn 2005-08-03 16:09:22 UTC
Created attachment 117417 [details]
Patch verified by customer to fix problem.

Comment 2 John W. Linville 2005-08-16 18:38:27 UTC
Test kernels w/ above patch available here: 
 
   http://people.redhat.com/linville/kernels/rhel4/ 
 
Please give them a try and verify that they are working for you...thanks! 

Comment 10 John W. Linville 2005-08-31 18:42:07 UTC
*** Bug 167115 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 20 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-03-07 19:29:00 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0132.html


Comment 23 Issue Tracker 2007-06-12 01:11:17 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0436.html


Internal Status set to 'Resolved'
Status set to: Closed by Tech

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