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authorJiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com>2009-04-24 01:58:23 +0000
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-04-27 02:57:44 -0700
commit29112f4e248ca6941f2233f6ed96a7283a67cced (patch)
treec533716f26da78d791089598504f6d7900c3b7c4 /drivers/net/bonding
parent434e7b0d12f4e2de6686841a42bd344325b4d756 (diff)
bonding: use ethtool for link checking first
This patch only changes the order of interfaces to use for checking slave link status in bond_check_dev_link() to priorize ethtool interface. Should safe some troubles as ethtool seems to be more supported. Jirka Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com> drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c | 26 ++++++++++++-------------- 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/bonding')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c26
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 63369b6b14d..e4166ee9091 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -695,6 +695,18 @@ static int bond_check_dev_link(struct bonding *bond, struct net_device *slave_de
if (bond->params.use_carrier)
return netif_carrier_ok(slave_dev) ? BMSR_LSTATUS : 0;
+ /* Try to get link status using Ethtool first. */
+ if (slave_dev->ethtool_ops) {
+ if (slave_dev->ethtool_ops->get_link) {
+ u32 link;
+
+ link = slave_dev->ethtool_ops->get_link(slave_dev);
+
+ return link ? BMSR_LSTATUS : 0;
+ }
+ }
+
+ /* Ethtool can't be used, fallback to MII ioclts. */
ioctl = slave_ops->ndo_do_ioctl;
if (ioctl) {
/* TODO: set pointer to correct ioctl on a per team member */
@@ -721,20 +733,6 @@ static int bond_check_dev_link(struct bonding *bond, struct net_device *slave_de
}
/*
- * Some drivers cache ETHTOOL_GLINK for a period of time so we only
- * attempt to get link status from it if the above MII ioctls fail.
- */
- if (slave_dev->ethtool_ops) {
- if (slave_dev->ethtool_ops->get_link) {
- u32 link;
-
- link = slave_dev->ethtool_ops->get_link(slave_dev);
-
- return link ? BMSR_LSTATUS : 0;
- }
- }
-
- /*
* If reporting, report that either there's no dev->do_ioctl,
* or both SIOCGMIIREG and get_link failed (meaning that we
* cannot report link status). If not reporting, pretend