[patch net-next-2.6 v2] bonding: allow resetting slave failure counters

@@ -782,6 +782,15 @@ resend_igmp
 
 	This option was added for bonding version 3.7.0.
 
+reset_failure_counters
+
+	This write-only control file will zero failure counters for
+	all slaves.  Note there is no appropriate module parameter for this
+	since it would not make much sense.
+	Write any value to perform reset.
+
+	This option was added for bonding version 3.7.2.
+
 3. Configuring Bonding Devices
 ==============================
 

@@ -1572,6 +1572,33 @@ out:
 static DEVICE_ATTR(resend_igmp, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
 		   bonding_show_resend_igmp, bonding_store_resend_igmp);
 
+static ssize_t
+bonding_store_reset_failure_counters(struct device *d,
+				     struct device_attribute *attr,
+				     const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	struct slave *slave;
+	int i;
+	struct bonding *bond = to_bond(d);
+
+	if (!rtnl_trylock())
+		return restart_syscall();
+
+	pr_info("%s: Resetting failure counters.\n", bond->dev->name);
+
+	read_lock(&bond->lock);
+	bond_for_each_slave(bond, slave, i)
+		slave->link_failure_count = 0;
+	read_unlock(&bond->lock);
+
+	rtnl_unlock();
+
+	return count;
+}
+
+static DEVICE_ATTR(reset_failure_counters, S_IWUSR, NULL,
+		   bonding_store_reset_failure_counters);
+
 static struct attribute *per_bond_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_slaves.attr,
 	&dev_attr_mode.attr,

@@ -1600,6 +1627,7 @@ static struct attribute *per_bond_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_queue_id.attr,
 	&dev_attr_all_slaves_active.attr,
 	&dev_attr_resend_igmp.attr,
+	&dev_attr_reset_failure_counters.attr,
 	NULL,
 };
 

@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 #include "bond_3ad.h"
 #include "bond_alb.h"
 
-#define DRV_VERSION	"3.7.1"
-#define DRV_RELDATE	"April 27, 2011"
+#define DRV_VERSION	"3.7.2"
+#define DRV_RELDATE	"Jun 1, 2011"
 #define DRV_NAME	"bonding"
 #define DRV_DESCRIPTION	"Ethernet Channel Bonding Driver"