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authorHangbin Liu <liuhangbin@gmail.com>2021-11-30 12:29:47 +0800
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2021-11-30 12:15:58 +0000
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Bonding: add arp_missed_max option
Currently, we use hard code number to verify if we are in the arp_interval timeslice. But some user may want to reduce/extend the verify timeslice. With the similar team option 'missed_max' the uers could change that number based on their own environment. Acked-by: Jay Vosburgh <jay.vosburgh@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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@@ -421,6 +421,17 @@ arp_all_targets
consider the slave up only when all of the arp_ip_targets
are reachable
+arp_missed_max
+
+ Specifies the number of arp_interval monitor checks that must
+ fail in order for an interface to be marked down by the ARP monitor.
+
+ In order to provide orderly failover semantics, backup interfaces
+ are permitted an extra monitor check (i.e., they must fail
+ arp_missed_max + 1 times before being marked down).
+
+ The default value is 2, and the allowable range is 1 - 255.
+
downdelay
Specifies the time, in milliseconds, to wait before disabling