From: Ramses de Norre via B4 Relay <devnull+ramses.well-founded.dev@kernel.org>
To: Jay Vosburgh <jv@jvosburgh.net>,
Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>, Jiri Bohac <jbohac@suse.cz>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>,
Hangbin Liu <hangbin.liu@linux.dev>,
Ramses de Norre <ramses@well-founded.dev>
Subject: [PATCH net v4 1/2] bonding: fix initial last_rx vs ARP-monitor slack window
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:48:07 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261028-bonding-last-rx-v4-1-4d8e4cd47467@well-founded.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261028-bonding-last-rx-v4-0-4d8e4cd47467@well-founded.dev>
From: Ramses de Norre <ramses@well-founded.dev>
bond_enslave() seeds a new slave's last_rx so that the ARP monitor does
not report it UP before a real ARP reply arrives, see commit
f31c7937c254 ("bonding: start slaves with link down for ARP monitor").
The seed is one arp_interval (plus a tick) in the past. That was old
enough when the up test was "jiffies <= last_rx + arp_interval". Commit
da210f559019 ("bonding: add some slack to arp monitoring time limits")
added arp_interval/2 of slack to that test without moving the seed, so
the seed now falls inside the up window. For the first half interval
after enslavement, bond_ab_arp_inspect() proposes a slave that starts
DOWN as UP although it has received nothing. The up test always uses a
single interval, so this does not depend on primary_reselect or
arp_missed_max.
If that slave is the configured primary, force_primary makes it the
active slave. ARP validation fails it shortly after (on SFP+ ports the
PHY is often still negotiating) and the bond falls back to the backup.
With primary_reselect=always the bond recovers once the port really
comes up, but drops traffic until then. With primary_reselect=failure,
force_primary is spent and the bond stays on the backup.
Reproducer:
ip link add bond0 type bond mode active-backup arp_interval 1000 \
arp_validate all arp_ip_target 192.0.2.1 \
primary eth0 primary_reselect failure
# eth0: SFP+ (slow link-up), eth1: RJ45 (fast link-up)
ip link set eth0 master bond0
ip link set eth1 master bond0
ip link set bond0 up
# bond0 lands on eth0 via force_primary, ARP-fails it before the
# SFP+ has carrier, falls to eth1, and stays there.
Move the seed below the initial link state and seed a slave that starts
DOWN two intervals in the past, outside the up window. A slave that
starts UP keeps its current seed: the up test does not apply to it, and
an older seed would only bring its down deadline forward by one
interval. The initial link state is unchanged.
Fixes: da210f559019 ("bonding: add some slack to arp monitoring time limits")
Signed-off-by: Ramses de Norre <ramses@well-founded.dev>
---
drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 7019e5d8fdc8e..bfa4cb97e647c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -2122,13 +2122,6 @@ int bond_enslave(struct net_device *bond_dev, struct net_device *slave_dev,
if (res && bond_needs_speed_duplex(bond))
new_slave->link = BOND_LINK_DOWN;
- new_slave->last_rx = jiffies -
- (msecs_to_jiffies(bond->params.arp_interval) + 1);
- for (i = 0; i < BOND_MAX_ARP_TARGETS; i++)
- new_slave->target_last_arp_rx[i] = new_slave->last_rx;
-
- new_slave->last_tx = new_slave->last_rx;
-
/* check for initial state */
new_slave->link = BOND_LINK_NOCHANGE;
if (bond->params.miimon) {
@@ -2159,6 +2152,22 @@ int bond_enslave(struct net_device *bond_dev, struct net_device *slave_dev,
if (new_slave->link != BOND_LINK_DOWN)
new_slave->last_link_up = jiffies;
+
+ /* The ARP monitor's up test includes arp_interval/2 of slack, see
+ * bond_time_in_interval(). Seed a slave that starts DOWN outside
+ * that window, so it stays DOWN until a real reply arrives.
+ */
+ if (new_slave->link == BOND_LINK_DOWN)
+ new_slave->last_rx = jiffies -
+ (2 * msecs_to_jiffies(bond->params.arp_interval) + 1);
+ else
+ new_slave->last_rx = jiffies -
+ (msecs_to_jiffies(bond->params.arp_interval) + 1);
+ for (i = 0; i < BOND_MAX_ARP_TARGETS; i++)
+ new_slave->target_last_arp_rx[i] = new_slave->last_rx;
+
+ new_slave->last_tx = new_slave->last_rx;
+
slave_dbg(bond_dev, slave_dev, "Initial state of slave is BOND_LINK_%s\n",
new_slave->link == BOND_LINK_DOWN ? "DOWN" :
(new_slave->link == BOND_LINK_UP ? "UP" : "BACK"));
--
2.56.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-28 11:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-28 11:48 [PATCH net v4 0/2] bonding: fix the initial last_rx seed for the ARP monitor Ramses de Norre via B4 Relay
2026-10-28 11:48 ` Ramses de Norre via B4 Relay [this message]
2026-10-30 2:59 ` [PATCH net v4 1/2] bonding: fix initial last_rx vs ARP-monitor slack window Hangbin Liu
2026-10-28 11:48 ` [PATCH net v4 2/2] bonding: give a slave that starts UP a full arp_missed_max window Ramses de Norre via B4 Relay
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