Re: Regression in bonding between 2.6.26.8 and 2.6.27.6 - bisected- twice

From: David Miller
Date: Wed Mar 18 2009 - 21:39:58 EST


From: Jay Vosburgh <fubar@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:27:16 -0700

> David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >From: Jesper Krogh <jesper@xxxxxxxx>
> >Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:53:39 +0100
> >
> >> Jay Vosburgh wrote:
> >> > However, I did find another bug I introduced during the "mii
> >> > refactor" patch that you mentioned as being the original source of the
> >> > problem. That bug will cause 802.3ad to not notice speed changes.
> >> > Could you test the patch below on your 2.6.68.7 and/or 2.6.27.19
> >> > and see if it resolves your problem (without the forcedeth patch)?
> >>
> >> There was something missing from the header to make it compile.. I found that in a later version. Patch below fixed the problem (without the forcedeth patch).
> >
> >Jay please resend this with proper signoffs etc. if you want
> >me to apply it.
>
> I posted it again with the usual stuff a day or two after I
> posted the test patch; I'll append it to the end of this email. Note
> that the below patch has a minor cosmetic change from the test patch.
>
> I believe this fix should go to -stable for 2.6.26 and 2.6.27,
> but it'll need the change Jesper added to pick up a macro that was added
> to mainline:

Applied and I'll queue it up for -stable too, thanks!
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