Jean Delvare reported bonding on top of 3c59x adapters was not detecting
network cable removal fast enough.
3c59x indeed uses a 60 seconds timer to check link status if carrier is
on, and 5 seconds if carrier is off.
This patch reduces timer period to 5 seconds if device is a bonding
slave.
Reported-by: Jean Delvare <redacted>
Acked-by: Jean Delvare <redacted>
Acked-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <redacted>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c59x.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c59x.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c59x.c
index 1282f04..e463d10 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c59x.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c59x.c
@@ -1841,7 +1841,7 @@ vortex_timer(unsigned long data)
ok = 1;
}
- if (!netif_carrier_ok(dev))
+ if (dev->flags & IFF_SLAVE || !netif_carrier_ok(dev))
next_tick = 5*HZ;
if (vp->medialock)