[ofa-general] [PATCH V7 4/8] net/bonding: Enable bonding to enslave netdevices not supporting set_mac_address()

Moni Shoua monis at voltaire.com
Mon Oct 15 09:11:31 PDT 2007


This patch allows for enslaving netdevices which do not support
the set_mac_address() function. In that case the bond mac address is the one
of the active slave, where remote peers are notified on the mac address
(neighbour) change by Gratuitous ARP sent by bonding when fail-over occurs
(this is already done by the bonding code).

Signed-off-by: Moni Shoua <monis at voltaire.com>
Signed-off-by: Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz at voltaire.com>
Acked-by: Jay Vosburgh <fubar at us.ibm.com>
---
 drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c |   87 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h   |    1 
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 4f61958..32dc75e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -1096,6 +1096,14 @@ void bond_change_active_slave(struct bon
 		if (new_active) {
 			bond_set_slave_active_flags(new_active);
 		}
+
+		/* when bonding does not set the slave MAC address, the bond MAC
+		 * address is the one of the active slave.
+		 */
+		if (new_active && !bond->do_set_mac_addr)
+			memcpy(bond->dev->dev_addr,  new_active->dev->dev_addr,
+				new_active->dev->addr_len);
+
 		bond_send_gratuitous_arp(bond);
 	}
 }
@@ -1347,13 +1355,22 @@ int bond_enslave(struct net_device *bond
 	}
 
 	if (slave_dev->set_mac_address == NULL) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR DRV_NAME
-			": %s: Error: The slave device you specified does "
-			"not support setting the MAC address. "
-			"Your kernel likely does not support slave "
-			"devices.\n", bond_dev->name);
-  		res = -EOPNOTSUPP;
-		goto err_undo_flags;
+		if (bond->slave_cnt == 0) {
+			printk(KERN_WARNING DRV_NAME
+				": %s: Warning: The first slave device you "
+				"specified does not support setting the MAC "
+				"address. This bond MAC address would be that "
+				"of the active slave.\n", bond_dev->name);
+			bond->do_set_mac_addr = 0;
+		} else if (bond->do_set_mac_addr) {
+			printk(KERN_ERR DRV_NAME
+				": %s: Error: The slave device you specified "
+				"does not support setting the MAC addres,."
+				"but this bond uses this practice. \n"
+				, bond_dev->name);
+			res = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+			goto err_undo_flags;
+		}
 	}
 
 	new_slave = kzalloc(sizeof(struct slave), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -1374,16 +1391,18 @@ int bond_enslave(struct net_device *bond
 	 */
 	memcpy(new_slave->perm_hwaddr, slave_dev->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN);
 
-	/*
-	 * Set slave to master's mac address.  The application already
-	 * set the master's mac address to that of the first slave
-	 */
-	memcpy(addr.sa_data, bond_dev->dev_addr, bond_dev->addr_len);
-	addr.sa_family = slave_dev->type;
-	res = dev_set_mac_address(slave_dev, &addr);
-	if (res) {
-		dprintk("Error %d calling set_mac_address\n", res);
-		goto err_free;
+	if (bond->do_set_mac_addr) {
+		/*
+		 * Set slave to master's mac address.  The application already
+		 * set the master's mac address to that of the first slave
+		 */
+		memcpy(addr.sa_data, bond_dev->dev_addr, bond_dev->addr_len);
+		addr.sa_family = slave_dev->type;
+		res = dev_set_mac_address(slave_dev, &addr);
+		if (res) {
+			dprintk("Error %d calling set_mac_address\n", res);
+			goto err_free;
+		}
 	}
 
 	res = netdev_set_master(slave_dev, bond_dev);
@@ -1608,9 +1627,11 @@ err_close:
 	dev_close(slave_dev);
 
 err_restore_mac:
-	memcpy(addr.sa_data, new_slave->perm_hwaddr, ETH_ALEN);
-	addr.sa_family = slave_dev->type;
-	dev_set_mac_address(slave_dev, &addr);
+	if (bond->do_set_mac_addr) {
+		memcpy(addr.sa_data, new_slave->perm_hwaddr, ETH_ALEN);
+		addr.sa_family = slave_dev->type;
+		dev_set_mac_address(slave_dev, &addr);
+	}
 
 err_free:
 	kfree(new_slave);
@@ -1783,10 +1804,12 @@ int bond_release(struct net_device *bond
 	/* close slave before restoring its mac address */
 	dev_close(slave_dev);
 
-	/* restore original ("permanent") mac address */
-	memcpy(addr.sa_data, slave->perm_hwaddr, ETH_ALEN);
-	addr.sa_family = slave_dev->type;
-	dev_set_mac_address(slave_dev, &addr);
+	if (bond->do_set_mac_addr) {
+		/* restore original ("permanent") mac address */
+		memcpy(addr.sa_data, slave->perm_hwaddr, ETH_ALEN);
+		addr.sa_family = slave_dev->type;
+		dev_set_mac_address(slave_dev, &addr);
+	}
 
 	slave_dev->priv_flags &= ~(IFF_MASTER_8023AD | IFF_MASTER_ALB |
 				   IFF_SLAVE_INACTIVE | IFF_BONDING |
@@ -1873,10 +1896,12 @@ static int bond_release_all(struct net_d
 		/* close slave before restoring its mac address */
 		dev_close(slave_dev);
 
-		/* restore original ("permanent") mac address*/
-		memcpy(addr.sa_data, slave->perm_hwaddr, ETH_ALEN);
-		addr.sa_family = slave_dev->type;
-		dev_set_mac_address(slave_dev, &addr);
+		if (bond->do_set_mac_addr) {
+			/* restore original ("permanent") mac address*/
+			memcpy(addr.sa_data, slave->perm_hwaddr, ETH_ALEN);
+			addr.sa_family = slave_dev->type;
+			dev_set_mac_address(slave_dev, &addr);
+		}
 
 		slave_dev->priv_flags &= ~(IFF_MASTER_8023AD | IFF_MASTER_ALB |
 					   IFF_SLAVE_INACTIVE);
@@ -3914,6 +3939,9 @@ static int bond_set_mac_address(struct n
 
 	dprintk("bond=%p, name=%s\n", bond, (bond_dev ? bond_dev->name : "None"));
 
+	if (!bond->do_set_mac_addr)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(sa->sa_data)) {
 		return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
 	}
@@ -4300,6 +4328,9 @@ #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 	bond_create_proc_entry(bond);
 #endif
 
+	/* set do_set_mac_addr to true on startup */
+	bond->do_set_mac_addr = 1;
+
 	list_add_tail(&bond->bond_list, &bond_dev_list);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
index 2a6af7d..5011ba9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ struct bonding {
 	struct   timer_list mii_timer;
 	struct   timer_list arp_timer;
 	s8       kill_timers;
+	s8       do_set_mac_addr;
 	struct   net_device_stats stats;
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 	struct   proc_dir_entry *proc_entry;




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