From b3e2749bf32f61e7beb259eb7cfb066d2ec6ad65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Or Gerlitz Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:10:02 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] IPoIB: Don't drop multicast sends when they can be queued When set_multicast_list() is called the multicast task is restarted and the IPOIB_MCAST_STARTED bit is cleared. As a result for some window of time, multicast packets are not transmitted nor queued but rather dropped by ipoib_mcast_send(). These dropped packets are painful in two cases: - bonding fail-over which both calls set_multicast_list() on the new active slave and sends Gratuitous ARP through that slave. - IP_DROP_MEMBERSHIP code which both calls set_multicast_list() on the device and issues IGMP leave. In both these cases, depending on the scheduling of the IPoIB multicast task, the packets would be dropped. As a result, in the bonding case, the failover would not be detected by the peers until their neighbour is renewed the neighbour (which takes a few tens of seconds). In the IGMP case, the IP router doesn't get an IGMP leave and would only learn on that from further probes on the group (also a delay of at least a few tens of seconds). Fix this by allowing transmission (or queuing) depending on the IPOIB_FLAG_OPER_UP flag instead of the IPOIB_MCAST_STARTED flag. Signed-off-by: Olga Shern Signed-off-by: Or Gerlitz Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier --- drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_multicast.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_multicast.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_multicast.c index 2628339e3a99..31a53c5bcb13 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_multicast.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_multicast.c @@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ void ipoib_mcast_send(struct net_device *dev, void *mgid, struct sk_buff *skb) */ spin_lock(&priv->lock); - if (!test_bit(IPOIB_MCAST_STARTED, &priv->flags) || + if (!test_bit(IPOIB_FLAG_OPER_UP, &priv->flags) || !priv->broadcast || !test_bit(IPOIB_MCAST_FLAG_ATTACHED, &priv->broadcast->flags)) { ++dev->stats.tx_dropped;