Re: [PATCH] bonding: fix enslaving in alb mode when link down

On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 11:24:54PM +0100, Jiri Bohac wrote:

bond_alb_init_slave() is called from bond_enslave() and sets the slave's MAC
address. This is done differently for TLB and ALB modes.
bond->alb_info.rlb_enabled is used to discriminate between the two modes but
this flag may be uninitialized if the slave is being enslaved prior to calling
bond_open() -> bond_alb_initialize() on the master.

copying Narendra, who already reported this problem in 
http://lists.openwall.net/netdev/2011/12/27/14
and who has done most of the debugging so far.

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Jiri Bohac [off-list ref]
SUSE Labs, SUSE CZ