Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 640690
Bonded interface doesn't issue IGMP report (join) on slave interface during failover
Last modified: 2011-05-23 16:23:55 EDT
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #637556 +++ Description of problem: In an active/backup bonding network interface with vlans on top of it, when a link fails over, it takes a minute for the multicast domain to be rejoined. How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create bonding a/b, attach a vlan on top of it 2. Simulate the failover 3. There are no IGMP join packets sent Actual results: No IGMP join packets sent Expected results: The driver sends IGMP join. ---- The following upstream commits fixes the issue: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5a37e8ca8536c47871d46c82211f399adf06fd44 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e12b453904c54bbdc515778ff664d87a7f9473af http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c2952c314b4fe61820ba8fd6c949eed636140d52
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Patch(es) available on kernel-2.6.32-131.0.9.el6
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 therefore 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-2011-0542.html