Re: [PATCH net] bonding: fix ad_actor_system option setting to default

On 12/17/21 23:22, Jay Vosburgh wrote:

Fernando Fernandez Mancera [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

When 802.3ad bond mode is configured the ad_actor_system option is set
to "00:00:00:00:00:00". But when trying to set the default value
manually it was failing with EINVAL.

A zero ethernet address is valid, only multicast addresses are not valid
values.

	Your intent here by setting ad_actor_system to all zeroes is to
induce bonding to actually set ad_actor_system to the MAC of the bond
itself?

Yes, as the user should be able to set it back to the MAC of the bond itself. Basically, restore it to the default value.

	If so, please also update Documentation/networking/bonding.rst,
as the current text says

         In an AD system, this specifies the mac-address for the actor in
         protocol packet exchanges (LACPDUs). The value cannot be NULL or
         multicast. It is preferred to have the local-admin bit set for this
         mac but driver does not enforce it. If the value is not given then
         system defaults to using the masters' mac address as actors' system
         address.

	I'd suggest something like "The value cannot be a multicast
address.  If the all-zeroes MAC is specified, bonding will internally
use the MAC of the bond itself."

Sure, that would be good. I will do it. Thank you!

	-J

quoted

Signed-off-by: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <redacted>
---
drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
index a8fde3bc458f..b93337b5a721 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c

@@ -1526,7 +1526,7 @@ static int bond_option_ad_actor_system_set(struct bonding *bond,

		mac = (u8 *)&newval->value;
	}

-	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(mac))
+	if (is_multicast_ether_addr(mac))
		goto err;

	netdev_dbg(bond->dev, "Setting ad_actor_system to %pM\n", mac);
-- 
2.30.2

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	-Jay Vosburgh, jay.vosburgh@canonical.com