5 files changed, 47 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
index 91f179d5135c..f428ef574372 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
@@ -1472,7 +1472,7 @@ void bond_alb_monitor(struct work_struct *work)
         bond_info->lp_counter++;
 
         /* send learning packets */
-        if (bond_info->lp_counter >= BOND_ALB_LP_TICKS) {
+        if (bond_info->lp_counter >= BOND_ALB_LP_TICKS(bond)) {
                 /* change of curr_active_slave involves swapping of mac addresses.
                  * in order to avoid this swapping from happening while
                  * sending the learning packets, the curr_slave_lock must be held for
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.h b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.h
index 28d8e4c7dc06..c5eff5dafdfe 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.h
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.h
@@ -36,14 +36,15 @@ struct slave;
                                          * Used for division - never set
                                          * to zero !!!
                                          */
-#define BOND_ALB_LP_INTERVAL        1   /* In seconds, periodic send of
-                                         * learning packets to the switch
-                                         */
+#define BOND_ALB_DEFAULT_LP_INTERVAL 1
+#define BOND_ALB_LP_INTERVAL(bond) (bond->params.lp_interval)   /* In seconds, periodic send of
+                                                                 * learning packets to the switch
+                                                                 */
 
 #define BOND_TLB_REBALANCE_TICKS (BOND_TLB_REBALANCE_INTERVAL \
                                   * ALB_TIMER_TICKS_PER_SEC)
 
-#define BOND_ALB_LP_TICKS (BOND_ALB_LP_INTERVAL \
+#define BOND_ALB_LP_TICKS(bond) (BOND_ALB_LP_INTERVAL(bond) \
                            * ALB_TIMER_TICKS_PER_SEC)
 
 #define TLB_HASH_TABLE_SIZE 256 /* The size of the clients hash table.
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 72df399c4ab3..55bbb8b8200c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -4416,6 +4416,7 @@ static int bond_check_params(struct bond_params *params)
         params->all_slaves_active = all_slaves_active;
         params->resend_igmp = resend_igmp;
         params->min_links = min_links;
+        params->lp_interval = BOND_ALB_DEFAULT_LP_INTERVAL;
 
         if (primary) {
                 strncpy(params->primary, primary, IFNAMSIZ);
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
index eeab40b01b7a..c29b836749b6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
@@ -1699,6 +1699,44 @@ out:
 static DEVICE_ATTR(resend_igmp, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
                    bonding_show_resend_igmp, bonding_store_resend_igmp);
 
+
+static ssize_t bonding_show_lp_interval(struct device *d,
+                                        struct device_attribute *attr,
+                                        char *buf)
+{
+        struct bonding *bond = to_bond(d);
+        return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", bond->params.lp_interval);
+}
+
+static ssize_t bonding_store_lp_interval(struct device *d,
+                                         struct device_attribute *attr,
+                                         const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+        struct bonding *bond = to_bond(d);
+        int new_value, ret = count;
+
+        if (sscanf(buf, "%d", &new_value) != 1) {
+                pr_err("%s: no lp interval value specified.\n",
+                        bond->dev->name);
+                ret = -EINVAL;
+                goto out;
+        }
+
+        if (new_value <= 0) {
+                pr_err ("%s: lp_interval must be between 1 and %d\n",
+                        bond->dev->name, INT_MAX);
+                ret = -EINVAL;
+                goto out;
+        }
+
+        bond->params.lp_interval = new_value;
+out:
+        return ret;
+}
+
+static DEVICE_ATTR(lp_interval, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
+                   bonding_show_lp_interval, bonding_store_lp_interval);
+
 static struct attribute *per_bond_attrs[] = {
         &dev_attr_slaves.attr,
         &dev_attr_mode.attr,
@@ -1729,6 +1767,7 @@ static struct attribute *per_bond_attrs[] = {
         &dev_attr_all_slaves_active.attr,
         &dev_attr_resend_igmp.attr,
         &dev_attr_min_links.attr,
+        &dev_attr_lp_interval.attr,
         NULL,
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
index 7ad8bd5cc947..03cf3fd14490 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ struct bond_params {
         int tx_queues;
         int all_slaves_active;
         int resend_igmp;
+        int lp_interval;
 };
 
 struct bond_parm_tbl {