1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
index 3d39278a63e3..ade5f3f6693b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <linux/in.h>
 #include <net/ipx.h>
 #include <net/arp.h>
+#include <net/ipv6.h>
 #include <asm/byteorder.h>
 #include "bonding.h"
 #include "bond_alb.h"
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@
 #define RLB_PROMISC_TIMEOUT     10*ALB_TIMER_TICKS_PER_SEC
 
 static const u8 mac_bcast[ETH_ALEN] = {0xff,0xff,0xff,0xff,0xff,0xff};
+static const u8 mac_v6_allmcast[ETH_ALEN] = {0x33,0x33,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x01};
 static const int alb_delta_in_ticks = HZ / ALB_TIMER_TICKS_PER_SEC;
 
 #pragma pack(1)
@@ -1290,6 +1292,7 @@ int bond_alb_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *bond_dev)
         u32 hash_index = 0;
         const u8 *hash_start = NULL;
         int res = 1;
+        struct ipv6hdr *ip6hdr;
 
         skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
         eth_data = eth_hdr(skb);
@@ -1319,11 +1322,32 @@ int bond_alb_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *bond_dev)
         }
                 break;
         case ETH_P_IPV6:
+                /* IPv6 doesn't really use broadcast mac address, but leave
+                 * that here just in case.
+                 */
                 if (memcmp(eth_data->h_dest, mac_bcast, ETH_ALEN) == 0) {
                         do_tx_balance = 0;
                         break;
                 }
 
+                /* IPv6 uses all-nodes multicast as an equivalent to
+                 * broadcasts in IPv4.
+                 */
+                if (memcmp(eth_data->h_dest, mac_v6_allmcast, ETH_ALEN) == 0) {
+                        do_tx_balance = 0;
+                        break;
+                }
+
+                /* Additianally, DAD probes should not be tx-balanced as that
+                 * will lead to false positives for duplicate addresses and
+                 * prevent address configuration from working.
+                 */
+                ip6hdr = ipv6_hdr(skb);
+                if (ipv6_addr_any(&ip6hdr->saddr)) {
+                        do_tx_balance = 0;
+                        break;
+                }
+
                 hash_start = (char *)&(ipv6_hdr(skb)->daddr);
                 hash_size = sizeof(ipv6_hdr(skb)->daddr);
                 break;