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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2014-08-06 09:38:14 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2014-08-06 09:38:14 -0700 |
commit | ae045e2455429c418a418a3376301a9e5753a0a8 (patch) | |
tree | b445bdeecd3f38aa0d0a29c9585cee49e4ccb0f1 /Documentation/networking/bonding.txt | |
parent | f4f142ed4ef835709c7e6d12eaca10d190bcebed (diff) | |
parent | d247b6ab3ce6dd43665780865ec5fa145d9ab6bd (diff) |
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next
Pull networking updates from David Miller:
"Highlights:
1) Steady transitioning of the BPF instructure to a generic spot so
all kernel subsystems can make use of it, from Alexei Starovoitov.
2) SFC driver supports busy polling, from Alexandre Rames.
3) Take advantage of hash table in UDP multicast delivery, from David
Held.
4) Lighten locking, in particular by getting rid of the LRU lists, in
inet frag handling. From Florian Westphal.
5) Add support for various RFC6458 control messages in SCTP, from
Geir Ola Vaagland.
6) Allow to filter bridge forwarding database dumps by device, from
Jamal Hadi Salim.
7) virtio-net also now supports busy polling, from Jason Wang.
8) Some low level optimization tweaks in pktgen from Jesper Dangaard
Brouer.
9) Add support for ipv6 address generation modes, so that userland
can have some input into the process. From Jiri Pirko.
10) Consolidate common TCP connection request code in ipv4 and ipv6,
from Octavian Purdila.
11) New ARP packet logger in netfilter, from Pablo Neira Ayuso.
12) Generic resizable RCU hash table, with intial users in netlink and
nftables. From Thomas Graf.
13) Maintain a name assignment type so that userspace can see where a
network device name came from (enumerated by kernel, assigned
explicitly by userspace, etc.) From Tom Gundersen.
14) Automatic flow label generation on transmit in ipv6, from Tom
Herbert.
15) New packet timestamping facilities from Willem de Bruijn, meant to
assist in measuring latencies going into/out-of the packet
scheduler, latency from TCP data transmission to ACK, etc"
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next: (1536 commits)
cxgb4 : Disable recursive mailbox commands when enabling vi
net: reduce USB network driver config options.
tg3: Modify tg3_tso_bug() to handle multiple TX rings
amd-xgbe: Perform phy connect/disconnect at dev open/stop
amd-xgbe: Use dma_set_mask_and_coherent to set DMA mask
net: sun4i-emac: fix memory leak on bad packet
sctp: fix possible seqlock seadlock in sctp_packet_transmit()
Revert "net: phy: Set the driver when registering an MDIO bus device"
cxgb4vf: Turn off SGE RX/TX Callback Timers and interrupts in PCI shutdown routine
team: Simplify return path of team_newlink
bridge: Update outdated comment on promiscuous mode
net-timestamp: ACK timestamp for bytestreams
net-timestamp: TCP timestamping
net-timestamp: SCHED timestamp on entering packet scheduler
net-timestamp: add key to disambiguate concurrent datagrams
net-timestamp: move timestamp flags out of sk_flags
net-timestamp: extend SCM_TIMESTAMPING ancillary data struct
cxgb4i : Move stray CPL definitions to cxgb4 driver
tcp: reduce spurious retransmits due to transient SACK reneging
qlcnic: Initialize dcbnl_ops before register_netdev
...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking/bonding.txt')
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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt index 9c723ecd0025..eeb5b2e97bed 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt @@ -542,10 +542,10 @@ mode XOR policy: Transmit based on the selected transmit hash policy. The default policy is a simple [(source - MAC address XOR'd with destination MAC address) modulo - slave count]. Alternate transmit policies may be - selected via the xmit_hash_policy option, described - below. + MAC address XOR'd with destination MAC address XOR + packet type ID) modulo slave count]. Alternate transmit + policies may be selected via the xmit_hash_policy option, + described below. This mode provides load balancing and fault tolerance. @@ -801,10 +801,11 @@ xmit_hash_policy layer2 - Uses XOR of hardware MAC addresses to generate the - hash. The formula is + Uses XOR of hardware MAC addresses and packet type ID + field to generate the hash. The formula is - (source MAC XOR destination MAC) modulo slave count + hash = source MAC XOR destination MAC XOR packet type ID + slave number = hash modulo slave count This algorithm will place all traffic to a particular network peer on the same slave. @@ -819,7 +820,7 @@ xmit_hash_policy Uses XOR of hardware MAC addresses and IP addresses to generate the hash. The formula is - hash = source MAC XOR destination MAC + hash = source MAC XOR destination MAC XOR packet type ID hash = hash XOR source IP XOR destination IP hash = hash XOR (hash RSHIFT 16) hash = hash XOR (hash RSHIFT 8) @@ -2301,13 +2302,13 @@ broadcast: Like active-backup, there is not much advantage to this bandwidth. Additionally, the linux bonding 802.3ad implementation - distributes traffic by peer (using an XOR of MAC addresses), - so in a "gatewayed" configuration, all outgoing traffic will - generally use the same device. Incoming traffic may also end - up on a single device, but that is dependent upon the - balancing policy of the peer's 8023.ad implementation. In a - "local" configuration, traffic will be distributed across the - devices in the bond. + distributes traffic by peer (using an XOR of MAC addresses + and packet type ID), so in a "gatewayed" configuration, all + outgoing traffic will generally use the same device. Incoming + traffic may also end up on a single device, but that is + dependent upon the balancing policy of the peer's 8023.ad + implementation. In a "local" configuration, traffic will be + distributed across the devices in the bond. Finally, the 802.3ad mode mandates the use of the MII monitor, therefore, the ARP monitor is not available in this mode. |