Re: [PATCHv3 net 0/2] bonding: fix incorrect mac address setting

[Hangbin Liu]

Hi Jay,
On Sat, Feb 08, 2025 at 06:34:21AM +0000, Hangbin Liu wrote:
> Please hold on this patch. Our QE reported that with bare NIC, the
> backup NIC can't receive the NS messages even after joining the multicast
> MAC group. But after remove the backup NIC from bond, the NIC interface
> could receive the NS message.
> 
> This is weird, it looks the backup NIC dropped the NS message somewhere,
> even using tcpdump (the NIC will be in promisc mode) I can't capture the
> NS message on backup slave.
> 
> I need to debug more.

After debug, I find it's a driver issue. The issue exists with ice dirver NIC.
I tried with a mlx5 NIC and the patch works good for me.

So I think you can start review this patch when you have time. I will debug
the ice driver later.

Thanks
Hangbin