Bug 640973 – Bonded interface doesn't issue IGMP report (join) on slave interface during failover [rhel-5.5.z]

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Bug 640973 - Bonded interface doesn't issue IGMP report (join) on slave interface during failover [rhel-5.5.z]

Summary:	Bonded interface doesn't issue IGMP report (join) on slave interface during f...

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	kernel (Show other bugs)
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Version:	5.5
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	urgent Severity high
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	Jiri Pirko
QA Contact:	Red Hat Kernel QE team
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Keywords:	ZStream

Depends On:	637764
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Reported:	2010-10-07 08:18 EDT by RHEL Product and Program Management
Modified:	2015-05-04 21:21 EDT (History)
CC List:	10 users (show)

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Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	In an active/backup bonding network interface with vlans on top of it, when a link failed over, it took a minute for the multicast domain to be rejoined. This was caused by the driver not sending any IGMP join packets. With this update, the driver sends IGMP join packets and the multicast domain is rejoined immediately.
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Last Closed:	2010-11-09 13:08:09 EST
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2010:0839	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: kernel security and bug fix update	2010-11-09 13:06:20 EST

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Description RHEL Product and Program Management 2010-10-07 08:18:56 EDT

This bug has been copied from bug #637764 and has been proposed
to be backported to 5.5 z-stream (EUS).

Comment 3 Jiri Pirko 2010-10-16 05:05:42 EDT

in kernel 2.6.18-194.21.1.el5

linux-2.6-net-bonding-fix-igmp-report-on-slave-during-failover.patch

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2010-11-09 13:08:09 EST

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-2010-0839.html

Comment 9 Martin Prpič 2010-11-11 08:55:52 EST

    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
In an active/backup bonding network interface with vlans on top of it, when a link failed over, it took a minute for the multicast domain to be rejoined. This was caused by the driver not sending any IGMP join packets. With this update, the driver sends IGMP join packets and the multicast domain is rejoined immediately.

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