[dpdk-dev] [dpdk-stable] [PATCH] net/bonding: fix reset active slave

[Radu Nicolau]

On 2/20/2019 12:33 PM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 2/18/2019 3:58 PM, Radu Nicolau wrote:
>>
>> On 2/18/2019 11:59 AM, Hari Kumar Vemula wrote:
>>> test_alb_reply_from_client test fails due to incorrect active slave
>>> array's index. This was due to invalid active slave count.
>>>
>>> Count of internals->active_slave is not updated even when active slave
>>> is deactivated.
>>> Hence active slave count always keeps incrementing beyond the actual
>>> active slaves.
>>>
>>> Fix is to set the internals->active_slave to starting index 0 whenever
>>> it exceeds the number of slaves in active slave list and also update
>>> the active slave count during slave de-activation.
>>>
>>> Fixes: e1110e977648 ("net/bonding: fix Rx slave fairness")
>>> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Hari Kumar Vemula <hari.kumarx.vemula at intel.com>
>>> ---
>>>
>> Acked-by: Radu Nicolau <radu.nicolau at intel.com
>> <mailto:radu.nicolau at intel.com>>
> Hi Radu, Hari,
>
> There is another bonding patch, can you please check how related are they and if
> are these fixing same root cause:
>
> net/bonding: avoid the next active slave going out of bound
> https://patches.dpdk.org/patch/49573/
>
Hi, it's a similar fix for the same root cause, but this one covers more 
(or all) situations that can cause active_slave to go out of bounds.