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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



  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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