[ovs-dev] [lacp 09/10] lacp: Enable "fast" lacp timing mode.

Ethan Jackson ethan at nicira.com
Tue Mar 15 23:03:22 UTC 2011


---
 lib/lacp.c           |   12 ++++++++++--
 lib/lacp.h           |    3 ++-
 vswitchd/bridge.c    |    6 +++++-
 vswitchd/vswitch.xml |    6 ++++++
 4 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/lacp.c b/lib/lacp.c
index 020dd9c..7c71335 100644
--- a/lib/lacp.c
+++ b/lib/lacp.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ struct lacp {
     struct hmap slaves;      /* Slaves this LACP object controls. */
     struct slave *key_slave; /* Slave whose ID will be the aggregation key. */
 
+    bool fast;                /* Fast or Slow LACP time. */
     bool negotiated;         /* True if LACP negotiations were successful. */
     bool update;             /* True if lacp_update() needs to be called. */
 
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ lacp_destroy(struct lacp *lacp)
 void
 lacp_configure(struct lacp *lacp, const char *name, lacp_send_pdu *send_pdu,
                uint8_t sys_id[ETH_ADDR_LEN], uint16_t sys_priority,
-               bool active)
+               bool active, bool fast)
 {
     if (!lacp->name || strcmp(name, lacp->name)) {
         free(lacp->name);
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ lacp_configure(struct lacp *lacp, const char *name, lacp_send_pdu *send_pdu,
     memcpy(lacp->sys_id, sys_id, ETH_ADDR_LEN);
     lacp->sys_priority = sys_priority;
     lacp->active = active;
+    lacp->fast = fast;
 }
 
 /* Processes 'pdu', a parsed LACP packet received on 'slave_'.  This function
@@ -151,7 +153,9 @@ lacp_process_pdu(struct lacp *lacp, const void *slave_,
     struct slave *slave = slave_lookup(lacp, slave_);
 
     slave->status = LACP_CURRENT;
-    slave->rx = time_msec() + LACP_SLOW_TIME_RX;
+    slave->rx = time_msec() + (lacp->fast
+                               ? LACP_FAST_TIME_RX
+                               : LACP_SLOW_TIME_RX);
 
     slave->ntt_actor = pdu->partner;
 
@@ -443,6 +447,10 @@ slave_get_actor(struct slave *slave, struct lacp_info *actor)
         state |= LACP_STATE_ACT;
     }
 
+    if (slave->lacp->fast) {
+        state |= LACP_STATE_TIME;
+    }
+
     if (slave->attached) {
         state |= LACP_STATE_SYNC;
     }
diff --git a/lib/lacp.h b/lib/lacp.h
index d1716c9..8d8c876 100644
--- a/lib/lacp.h
+++ b/lib/lacp.h
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ void lacp_init(void);
 struct lacp *lacp_create(void);
 void lacp_destroy(struct lacp *);
 void lacp_configure(struct lacp *, const char *name, lacp_send_pdu *,
-                    uint8_t sys_id[8], uint16_t sys_priority, bool active);
+                    uint8_t sys_id[8], uint16_t sys_priority,
+                    bool active, bool fast);
 void lacp_process_pdu(struct lacp *, const void *slave,
                       const struct lacp_pdu *);
 bool lacp_negotiated(const struct lacp *);
diff --git a/vswitchd/bridge.c b/vswitchd/bridge.c
index d5e14c6..08da17e 100644
--- a/vswitchd/bridge.c
+++ b/vswitchd/bridge.c
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ struct port {
     /* LACP information. */
     struct lacp *lacp;          /* LACP object. NULl if LACP is disabled. */
     bool lacp_active;           /* True if LACP is active */
+    bool lacp_fast;             /* True if LACP is in fast mode. */
     uint16_t lacp_priority;     /* LACP system priority. */
 
     /* SLB specific bonding info. */
@@ -4133,6 +4134,9 @@ port_reconfigure(struct port *port, const struct ovsrec_port *cfg)
     }
     shash_destroy(&new_ifaces);
 
+    port->lacp_fast = !strcmp(get_port_other_config(cfg, "lacp-time", "slow"),
+                             "fast");
+
     lacp_priority =
         atoi(get_port_other_config(cfg, "lacp-system-priority", "0"));
 
@@ -4313,7 +4317,7 @@ port_update_lacp(struct port *port)
 
         lacp_configure(port->lacp, port->name, lacp_send_pdu_cb,
                        port->bridge->ea, port->lacp_priority,
-                       port->lacp_active);
+                       port->lacp_active, port->lacp_fast);
 
         for (i = 0; i < port->n_ifaces; i++) {
             struct iface *iface = port->ifaces[i];
diff --git a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
index 470f389..cafe360 100644
--- a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
+++ b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
@@ -637,6 +637,12 @@
             LACP negotiations, link status decisions are made by the system
             with the numerically lower priority.  Must be a number between 1
             and 65535.</dd>
+          <dt><code>lacp-time</code></dt>
+          <dd> The LACP timing which should be used on this
+            <ref table="Port"/>.  Possible values are <code>fast</code> and
+            <code>slow</code>.  When configured to be <code>fast</code> more
+            frequent LACP heartbeats will be requested causing connectivity
+            problems to be detected more quickly.</dd>
         </dl>
       </column>
     </group>
-- 
1.7.4.1




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