From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: sam@mendozajonas.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, gwshan@linux.vnet.ibm.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 4/5] net/ncsi: Enforce failover on link monitor timeout
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2017 01:57:17 +0100 (WEST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171021.015717.969519862483319323.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20171019024309.13628-4-sam@mendozajonas.com>
From: Samuel Mendoza-Jonas <sam@mendozajonas.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 13:43:08 +1100
> From: Gavin Shan <gwshan@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>
> The NCSI channel has been configured to provide service if its link
> monitor timer is enabled, regardless of its state (inactive or active).
> So the timeout event on the link monitor indicates the out-of-service
> on that channel, for which a failover is needed.
>
> This sets NCSI_DEV_RESHUFFLE flag to enforce failover on link monitor
> timeout, regardless the channel's original state (inactive or active).
> Also, the link is put into "down" state to give the failing channel
> lowest priority when selecting for the active channel. The state of
> failing channel should be set to active in order for deinitialization
> and failover to be done.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gavin Shan <gwshan@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Samuel Mendoza-Jonas <sam@mendozajonas.com>
Applied.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-10-21 0:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-10-19 2:43 [PATCH net 1/5] net/ncsi: Fix AEN HNCDSC packet length Samuel Mendoza-Jonas
2017-10-19 2:43 ` [PATCH net 2/5] net/ncsi: Stop monitor if channel times out or is inactive Samuel Mendoza-Jonas
2017-10-21 0:57 ` David Miller
2017-10-19 2:43 ` [PATCH net 3/5] net/ncsi: Disable HWA mode when no channels are found Samuel Mendoza-Jonas
2017-10-21 0:57 ` David Miller
2017-10-19 2:43 ` [PATCH net 4/5] net/ncsi: Enforce failover on link monitor timeout Samuel Mendoza-Jonas
2017-10-21 0:57 ` David Miller [this message]
2017-10-19 2:43 ` [PATCH net 5/5] net/ncsi: Fix length of GVI response packet Samuel Mendoza-Jonas
2017-10-21 0:57 ` David Miller
2017-10-21 0:56 ` [PATCH net 1/5] net/ncsi: Fix AEN HNCDSC packet length David Miller
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