6 files changed, 157 insertions, 77 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c
index cce1f1bf90b4..dcde56057fe1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ static inline int __agg_has_partner(struct aggregator *agg)
  */
 static inline void __disable_port(struct port *port)
 {
-        bond_set_slave_inactive_flags(port->slave);
+        bond_set_slave_inactive_flags(port->slave, BOND_SLAVE_NOTIFY_LATER);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ static inline void __enable_port(struct port *port)
         struct slave *slave = port->slave;
 
         if ((slave->link == BOND_LINK_UP) && IS_UP(slave->dev))
-                bond_set_slave_active_flags(slave);
+                bond_set_slave_active_flags(slave, BOND_SLAVE_NOTIFY_LATER);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1796,8 +1796,6 @@ void bond_3ad_initiate_agg_selection(struct bonding *bond, int timeout)
         BOND_AD_INFO(bond).agg_select_timer = timeout;
 }
 
-static u16 aggregator_identifier;
-
 /**
  * bond_3ad_initialize - initialize a bond's 802.3ad parameters and structures
  * @bond: bonding struct to work on
@@ -1811,7 +1809,7 @@ void bond_3ad_initialize(struct bonding *bond, u16 tick_resolution)
         if (!MAC_ADDRESS_EQUAL(&(BOND_AD_INFO(bond).system.sys_mac_addr),
                                 bond->dev->dev_addr)) {
 
-                aggregator_identifier = 0;
+                BOND_AD_INFO(bond).aggregator_identifier = 0;
 
                 BOND_AD_INFO(bond).system.sys_priority = 0xFFFF;
                 BOND_AD_INFO(bond).system.sys_mac_addr = *((struct mac_addr *)bond->dev->dev_addr);
@@ -1880,7 +1878,7 @@ void bond_3ad_bind_slave(struct slave *slave)
                 ad_initialize_agg(aggregator);
 
                 aggregator->aggregator_mac_address = *((struct mac_addr *)bond->dev->dev_addr);
-                aggregator->aggregator_identifier = (++aggregator_identifier);
+                aggregator->aggregator_identifier = ++BOND_AD_INFO(bond).aggregator_identifier;
                 aggregator->slave = slave;
                 aggregator->is_active = 0;
                 aggregator->num_of_ports = 0;
@@ -2064,6 +2062,7 @@ void bond_3ad_state_machine_handler(struct work_struct *work)
         struct list_head *iter;
         struct slave *slave;
         struct port *port;
+        bool should_notify_rtnl = BOND_SLAVE_NOTIFY_LATER;
 
         read_lock(&bond->lock);
         rcu_read_lock();
@@ -2121,8 +2120,19 @@ void bond_3ad_state_machine_handler(struct work_struct *work)
         }
 
 re_arm:
+        bond_for_each_slave_rcu(bond, slave, iter) {
+                if (slave->should_notify) {
+                        should_notify_rtnl = BOND_SLAVE_NOTIFY_NOW;
+                        break;
+                }
+        }
         rcu_read_unlock();
         read_unlock(&bond->lock);
+
+        if (should_notify_rtnl && rtnl_trylock()) {
+                bond_slave_state_notify(bond);
+                rtnl_unlock();
+        }
         queue_delayed_work(bond->wq, &bond->ad_work, ad_delta_in_ticks);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.h b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.h
index 13dc9d3c5e34..f4dd9592ac62 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.h
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.h
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ struct ad_system {
 struct ad_bond_info {
         struct ad_system system;            /* 802.3ad system structure */
         u32 agg_select_timer;       // Timer to select aggregator after all adapter's hand shakes
+        u16 aggregator_identifier;
 };
 
 struct ad_slave_info {
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
index a2c47476804d..e8f133e926aa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ static struct slave *rlb_choose_channel(struct sk_buff *skb, struct bonding *bon
                         client_info->ntt = 0;
                 }
 
-                if (!vlan_get_tag(skb, &client_info->vlan_id))
+                if (vlan_get_tag(skb, &client_info->vlan_id))
                         client_info->vlan_id = 0;
 
                 if (!client_info->assigned) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 4c08018d7333..e5628fc725c3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -829,21 +829,25 @@ void bond_change_active_slave(struct bonding *bond, struct slave *new_active)
         if (bond_is_lb(bond)) {
                 bond_alb_handle_active_change(bond, new_active);
                 if (old_active)
-                        bond_set_slave_inactive_flags(old_active);
+                        bond_set_slave_inactive_flags(old_active,
+                                                      BOND_SLAVE_NOTIFY_NOW);
                 if (new_active)
-                        bond_set_slave_active_flags(new_active);
+                        bond_set_slave_active_flags(new_active,
+                                                    BOND_SLAVE_NOTIFY_NOW);
         } else {
                 rcu_assign_pointer(bond->curr_active_slave, new_active);
         }
 
         if (bond->params.mode == BOND_MODE_ACTIVEBACKUP) {
                 if (old_active)
-                        bond_set_slave_inactive_flags(old_active);
+                        bond_set_slave_inactive_flags(old_active,
+                                                      BOND_SLAVE_NOTIFY_NOW);
 
                 if (new_active) {
                         bool should_notify_peers = false;
 
-                        bond_set_slave_active_flags(new_active);
+                        bond_set_slave_active_flags(new_active,
+                                                    BOND_SLAVE_NOTIFY_NOW);
 
                         if (bond->params.fail_over_mac)
                                 bond_do_fail_over_mac(bond, new_active,
@@ -1193,6 +1197,11 @@ int bond_enslave(struct net_device *bond_dev, struct net_device *slave_dev)
                 return -EBUSY;
         }
 
+        if (bond_dev == slave_dev) {
+                pr_err("%s: cannot enslave bond to itself.\n", bond_dev->name);
+                return -EPERM;
+        }
+
         /* vlan challenged mutual exclusion */
         /* no need to lock since we're protected by rtnl_lock */
         if (slave_dev->features & NETIF_F_VLAN_CHALLENGED) {
@@ -1270,9 +1279,13 @@ int bond_enslave(struct net_device *bond_dev, struct net_device *slave_dev)
 
         if (slave_ops->ndo_set_mac_address == NULL) {
                 if (!bond_has_slaves(bond)) {
-                        pr_warning("%s: Warning: The first slave device specified does not support setting the MAC address. Setting fail_over_mac to active.",
-                                   bond_dev->name);
-                        bond->params.fail_over_mac = BOND_FOM_ACTIVE;
+                        pr_warn("%s: Warning: The first slave device specified does not support setting the MAC address.\n",
+                                bond_dev->name);
+                        if (bond->params.mode == BOND_MODE_ACTIVEBACKUP) {
+                                bond->params.fail_over_mac = BOND_FOM_ACTIVE;
+                                pr_warn("%s: Setting fail_over_mac to active for active-backup mode.\n",
+                                        bond_dev->name);
+                        }
                 } else if (bond->params.fail_over_mac != BOND_FOM_ACTIVE) {
                         pr_err("%s: Error: The slave device specified does not support setting the MAC address, but fail_over_mac is not set to active.\n",
                                bond_dev->name);
@@ -1315,7 +1328,8 @@ int bond_enslave(struct net_device *bond_dev, struct net_device *slave_dev)
          */
         memcpy(new_slave->perm_hwaddr, slave_dev->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN);
 
-        if (!bond->params.fail_over_mac) {
+        if (!bond->params.fail_over_mac ||
+            bond->params.mode != BOND_MODE_ACTIVEBACKUP) {
                 /*
                  * Set slave to master's mac address.  The application already
                  * set the master's mac address to that of the first slave
@@ -1458,14 +1472,15 @@ int bond_enslave(struct net_device *bond_dev, struct net_device *slave_dev)
 
         switch (bond->params.mode) {
         case BOND_MODE_ACTIVEBACKUP:
-                bond_set_slave_inactive_flags(new_slave);
+                bond_set_slave_inactive_flags(new_slave,
+                                              BOND_SLAVE_NOTIFY_NOW);
                 break;
         case BOND_MODE_8023AD:
                 /* in 802.3ad mode, the internal mechanism
                  * will activate the slaves in the selected
                  * aggregator
                  */
-                bond_set_slave_inactive_flags(new_slave);
+                bond_set_slave_inactive_flags(new_slave, BOND_SLAVE_NOTIFY_NOW);
                 /* if this is the first slave */
                 if (!prev_slave) {
                         SLAVE_AD_INFO(new_slave).id = 1;
@@ -1483,7 +1498,7 @@ int bond_enslave(struct net_device *bond_dev, struct net_device *slave_dev)
         case BOND_MODE_TLB:
         case BOND_MODE_ALB:
                 bond_set_active_slave(new_slave);
-                bond_set_slave_inactive_flags(new_slave);
+                bond_set_slave_inactive_flags(new_slave, BOND_SLAVE_NOTIFY_NOW);
                 break;
         default:
                 pr_debug("This slave is always active in trunk mode\n");
@@ -1505,7 +1520,6 @@ int bond_enslave(struct net_device *bond_dev, struct net_device *slave_dev)
         slave_dev->npinfo = bond->dev->npinfo;
         if (slave_dev->npinfo) {
                 if (slave_enable_netpoll(new_slave)) {
-                        read_unlock(&bond->lock);
                         pr_info("Error, %s: master_dev is using netpoll, "
                                  "but new slave device does not support netpoll.\n",
                                  bond_dev->name);
@@ -1539,9 +1553,11 @@ int bond_enslave(struct net_device *bond_dev, struct net_device *slave_dev)
         bond_set_carrier(bond);
 
         if (USES_PRIMARY(bond->params.mode)) {
+                block_netpoll_tx();
                 write_lock_bh(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
                 bond_select_active_slave(bond);
                 write_unlock_bh(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
+                unblock_netpoll_tx();
         }
 
         pr_info("%s: enslaving %s as a%s interface with a%s link.\n",
@@ -1567,10 +1583,12 @@ err_detach:
         if (bond->primary_slave == new_slave)
                 bond->primary_slave = NULL;
         if (bond->curr_active_slave == new_slave) {
+                block_netpoll_tx();
                 write_lock_bh(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
                 bond_change_active_slave(bond, NULL);
                 bond_select_active_slave(bond);
                 write_unlock_bh(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
+                unblock_netpoll_tx();
         }
         slave_disable_netpoll(new_slave);
 
@@ -1579,7 +1597,8 @@ err_close:
         dev_close(slave_dev);
 
 err_restore_mac:
-        if (!bond->params.fail_over_mac) {
+        if (!bond->params.fail_over_mac ||
+            bond->params.mode != BOND_MODE_ACTIVEBACKUP) {
                 /* XXX TODO - fom follow mode needs to change master's
                  * MAC if this slave's MAC is in use by the bond, or at
                  * least print a warning.
@@ -1645,9 +1664,6 @@ static int __bond_release_one(struct net_device *bond_dev,
                 return -EINVAL;
         }
 
-        /* release the slave from its bond */
-        bond->slave_cnt--;
-
         bond_sysfs_slave_del(slave);
 
         bond_upper_dev_unlink(bond_dev, slave_dev);
@@ -1672,7 +1688,8 @@ static int __bond_release_one(struct net_device *bond_dev,
 
         bond->current_arp_slave = NULL;
 
-        if (!all && !bond->params.fail_over_mac) {
+        if (!all && (!bond->params.fail_over_mac ||
+                     bond->params.mode != BOND_MODE_ACTIVEBACKUP)) {
                 if (ether_addr_equal_64bits(bond_dev->dev_addr, slave->perm_hwaddr) &&
                     bond_has_slaves(bond))
                         pr_warn("%s: Warning: the permanent HWaddr of %s - %pM - is still in use by %s. Set the HWaddr of %s to a different address to avoid conflicts.\n",
@@ -1728,6 +1745,7 @@ static int __bond_release_one(struct net_device *bond_dev,
 
         unblock_netpoll_tx();
         synchronize_rcu();
+        bond->slave_cnt--;
 
         if (!bond_has_slaves(bond)) {
                 call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_CHANGEADDR, bond->dev);
@@ -1769,7 +1787,8 @@ static int __bond_release_one(struct net_device *bond_dev,
         /* close slave before restoring its mac address */
         dev_close(slave_dev);
 
-        if (bond->params.fail_over_mac != BOND_FOM_ACTIVE) {
+        if (bond->params.fail_over_mac != BOND_FOM_ACTIVE ||
+            bond->params.mode != BOND_MODE_ACTIVEBACKUP) {
                 /* restore original ("permanent") mac address */
                 memcpy(addr.sa_data, slave->perm_hwaddr, ETH_ALEN);
                 addr.sa_family = slave_dev->type;
@@ -2004,7 +2023,8 @@ static void bond_miimon_commit(struct bonding *bond)
 
                         if (bond->params.mode == BOND_MODE_ACTIVEBACKUP ||
                             bond->params.mode == BOND_MODE_8023AD)
-                                bond_set_slave_inactive_flags(slave);
+                                bond_set_slave_inactive_flags(slave,
+                                                              BOND_SLAVE_NOTIFY_NOW);
 
                         pr_info("%s: link status definitely down for interface %s, disabling it\n",
                                 bond->dev->name, slave->dev->name);
@@ -2551,7 +2571,8 @@ static void bond_ab_arp_commit(struct bonding *bond)
                                 slave->link = BOND_LINK_UP;
                                 if (bond->current_arp_slave) {
                                         bond_set_slave_inactive_flags(
-                                                bond->current_arp_slave);
+                                                bond->current_arp_slave,
+                                                BOND_SLAVE_NOTIFY_NOW);
                                         bond->current_arp_slave = NULL;
                                 }
 
@@ -2571,7 +2592,8 @@ static void bond_ab_arp_commit(struct bonding *bond)
                                 slave->link_failure_count++;
 
                         slave->link = BOND_LINK_DOWN;
-                        bond_set_slave_inactive_flags(slave);
+                        bond_set_slave_inactive_flags(slave,
+                                                      BOND_SLAVE_NOTIFY_NOW);
 
                         pr_info("%s: link status definitely down for interface %s, disabling it\n",
                                 bond->dev->name, slave->dev->name);
@@ -2604,17 +2626,17 @@ do_failover:
 
 /*
  * Send ARP probes for active-backup mode ARP monitor.
+ *
+ * Called with rcu_read_lock hold.
  */
 static bool bond_ab_arp_probe(struct bonding *bond)
 {
         struct slave *slave, *before = NULL, *new_slave = NULL,
-                     *curr_arp_slave, *curr_active_slave;
+                     *curr_arp_slave = rcu_dereference(bond->current_arp_slave),
+                     *curr_active_slave = rcu_dereference(bond->curr_active_slave);
         struct list_head *iter;
         bool found = false;
-
-        rcu_read_lock();
-        curr_arp_slave = rcu_dereference(bond->current_arp_slave);
-        curr_active_slave = rcu_dereference(bond->curr_active_slave);
+        bool should_notify_rtnl = BOND_SLAVE_NOTIFY_LATER;
 
         if (curr_arp_slave && curr_active_slave)
                 pr_info("PROBE: c_arp %s && cas %s BAD\n",
@@ -2623,32 +2645,23 @@ static bool bond_ab_arp_probe(struct bonding *bond)
 
         if (curr_active_slave) {
                 bond_arp_send_all(bond, curr_active_slave);
-                rcu_read_unlock();
-                return true;
+                return should_notify_rtnl;
         }
-        rcu_read_unlock();
 
         /* if we don't have a curr_active_slave, search for the next available
          * backup slave from the current_arp_slave and make it the candidate
          * for becoming the curr_active_slave
          */
 
-        if (!rtnl_trylock())
-                return false;
-        /* curr_arp_slave might have gone away */
-        curr_arp_slave = ACCESS_ONCE(bond->current_arp_slave);
-
         if (!curr_arp_slave) {
-                curr_arp_slave = bond_first_slave(bond);
-                if (!curr_arp_slave) {
-                        rtnl_unlock();
-                        return true;
-                }
+                curr_arp_slave = bond_first_slave_rcu(bond);
+                if (!curr_arp_slave)
+                        return should_notify_rtnl;
         }
 
-        bond_set_slave_inactive_flags(curr_arp_slave);
+        bond_set_slave_inactive_flags(curr_arp_slave, BOND_SLAVE_NOTIFY_LATER);
 
-        bond_for_each_slave(bond, slave, iter) {
+        bond_for_each_slave_rcu(bond, slave, iter) {
                 if (!found && !before && IS_UP(slave->dev))
                         before = slave;
 
@@ -2666,7 +2679,8 @@ static bool bond_ab_arp_probe(struct bonding *bond)
                         if (slave->link_failure_count < UINT_MAX)
                                 slave->link_failure_count++;
 
-                        bond_set_slave_inactive_flags(slave);
+                        bond_set_slave_inactive_flags(slave,
+                                                      BOND_SLAVE_NOTIFY_LATER);
 
                         pr_info("%s: backup interface %s is now down.\n",
                                 bond->dev->name, slave->dev->name);
@@ -2678,26 +2692,31 @@ static bool bond_ab_arp_probe(struct bonding *bond)
         if (!new_slave && before)
                 new_slave = before;
 
-        if (!new_slave) {
-                rtnl_unlock();
-                return true;
-        }
+        if (!new_slave)
+                goto check_state;
 
         new_slave->link = BOND_LINK_BACK;
-        bond_set_slave_active_flags(new_slave);
+        bond_set_slave_active_flags(new_slave, BOND_SLAVE_NOTIFY_LATER);
         bond_arp_send_all(bond, new_slave);
         new_slave->jiffies = jiffies;
         rcu_assign_pointer(bond->current_arp_slave, new_slave);
-        rtnl_unlock();
 
-        return true;
+check_state:
+        bond_for_each_slave_rcu(bond, slave, iter) {
+                if (slave->should_notify) {
+                        should_notify_rtnl = BOND_SLAVE_NOTIFY_NOW;
+                        break;
+                }
+        }
+        return should_notify_rtnl;
 }
 
 static void bond_activebackup_arp_mon(struct work_struct *work)
 {
         struct bonding *bond = container_of(work, struct bonding,
                                             arp_work.work);
-        bool should_notify_peers = false, should_commit = false;
+        bool should_notify_peers = false;
+        bool should_notify_rtnl = false;
         int delta_in_ticks;
 
         delta_in_ticks = msecs_to_jiffies(bond->params.arp_interval);
@@ -2706,11 +2725,12 @@ static void bond_activebackup_arp_mon(struct work_struct *work)
                 goto re_arm;
 
         rcu_read_lock();
+
         should_notify_peers = bond_should_notify_peers(bond);
-        should_commit = bond_ab_arp_inspect(bond);
-        rcu_read_unlock();
 
-        if (should_commit) {
+        if (bond_ab_arp_inspect(bond)) {
+                rcu_read_unlock();
+
                 /* Race avoidance with bond_close flush of workqueue */
                 if (!rtnl_trylock()) {
                         delta_in_ticks = 1;
@@ -2719,23 +2739,28 @@ static void bond_activebackup_arp_mon(struct work_struct *work)
                 }
 
                 bond_ab_arp_commit(bond);
+
                 rtnl_unlock();
+                rcu_read_lock();
         }
 
-        if (!bond_ab_arp_probe(bond)) {
-                /* rtnl locking failed, re-arm */
-                delta_in_ticks = 1;
-                should_notify_peers = false;
-        }
+        should_notify_rtnl = bond_ab_arp_probe(bond);
+        rcu_read_unlock();
 
 re_arm:
         if (bond->params.arp_interval)
                 queue_delayed_work(bond->wq, &bond->arp_work, delta_in_ticks);
 
-        if (should_notify_peers) {
+        if (should_notify_peers || should_notify_rtnl) {
                 if (!rtnl_trylock())
                         return;
-                call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS, bond->dev);
+
+                if (should_notify_peers)
+                        call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS,
+                                                 bond->dev);
+                if (should_notify_rtnl)
+                        bond_slave_state_notify(bond);
+
                 rtnl_unlock();
         }
 }
@@ -2857,9 +2882,12 @@ static int bond_slave_netdev_event(unsigned long event,
                 pr_info("%s: Primary slave changed to %s, reselecting active slave.\n",
                         bond->dev->name, bond->primary_slave ? slave_dev->name :
                                                                "none");
+
+                block_netpoll_tx();
                 write_lock_bh(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
                 bond_select_active_slave(bond);
                 write_unlock_bh(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
+                unblock_netpoll_tx();
                 break;
         case NETDEV_FEAT_CHANGE:
                 bond_compute_features(bond);
@@ -3032,9 +3060,11 @@ static int bond_open(struct net_device *bond_dev)
                 bond_for_each_slave(bond, slave, iter) {
                         if ((bond->params.mode == BOND_MODE_ACTIVEBACKUP)
                                 && (slave != bond->curr_active_slave)) {
-                                bond_set_slave_inactive_flags(slave);
+                                bond_set_slave_inactive_flags(slave,
+                                                              BOND_SLAVE_NOTIFY_NOW);
                         } else {
-                                bond_set_slave_active_flags(slave);
+                                bond_set_slave_active_flags(slave,
+                                                            BOND_SLAVE_NOTIFY_NOW);
                         }
                 }
                 read_unlock(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
@@ -3431,7 +3461,8 @@ static int bond_set_mac_address(struct net_device *bond_dev, void *addr)
         /* If fail_over_mac is enabled, do nothing and return success.
          * Returning an error causes ifenslave to fail.
          */
-        if (bond->params.fail_over_mac)
+        if (bond->params.fail_over_mac &&
+            bond->params.mode == BOND_MODE_ACTIVEBACKUP)
                 return 0;
 
         if (!is_valid_ether_addr(sa->sa_data))
@@ -3692,7 +3723,7 @@ static inline int bond_slave_override(struct bonding *bond,
 
 
 static u16 bond_select_queue(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
-                             void *accel_priv)
+                             void *accel_priv, select_queue_fallback_t fallback)
 {
         /*
          * This helper function exists to help dev_pick_tx get the correct
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
index 11cb943222d5..298c26509095 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/if.h>
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
-#include <linux/rwlock.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 #include <linux/inet.h>
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ static struct bond_opt_value bond_resend_igmp_tbl[] = {
 static struct bond_opt_value bond_lp_interval_tbl[] = {
         { "minval",  1,       BOND_VALFLAG_MIN | BOND_VALFLAG_DEFAULT},
         { "maxval",  INT_MAX, BOND_VALFLAG_MAX},
+        { NULL,      -1,      0},
 };
 
 static struct bond_option bond_opts[] = {
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
index 86ccfb9f71cc..2b0fdec695f7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
@@ -195,7 +195,8 @@ struct slave {
         s8     new_link;
         u8     backup:1,   /* indicates backup slave. Value corresponds with
                               BOND_STATE_ACTIVE and BOND_STATE_BACKUP */
-               inactive:1; /* indicates inactive slave */
+               inactive:1, /* indicates inactive slave */
+               should_notify:1; /* indicateds whether the state changed */
         u8     duplex;
         u32    original_mtu;
         u32    link_failure_count;
@@ -303,6 +304,24 @@ static inline void bond_set_backup_slave(struct slave *slave)
         }
 }
 
+static inline void bond_set_slave_state(struct slave *slave,
+                                        int slave_state, bool notify)
+{
+        if (slave->backup == slave_state)
+                return;
+
+        slave->backup = slave_state;
+        if (notify) {
+                rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, slave->dev, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
+                slave->should_notify = 0;
+        } else {
+                if (slave->should_notify)
+                        slave->should_notify = 0;
+                else
+                        slave->should_notify = 1;
+        }
+}
+
 static inline void bond_slave_state_change(struct bonding *bond)
 {
         struct list_head *iter;
@@ -316,6 +335,19 @@ static inline void bond_slave_state_change(struct bonding *bond)
         }
 }
 
+static inline void bond_slave_state_notify(struct bonding *bond)
+{
+        struct list_head *iter;
+        struct slave *tmp;
+
+        bond_for_each_slave(bond, tmp, iter) {
+                if (tmp->should_notify) {
+                        rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, tmp->dev, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
+                        tmp->should_notify = 0;
+                }
+        }
+}
+
 static inline int bond_slave_state(struct slave *slave)
 {
         return slave->backup;
@@ -343,6 +375,9 @@ static inline bool bond_is_active_slave(struct slave *slave)
 #define BOND_ARP_VALIDATE_ALL           (BOND_ARP_VALIDATE_ACTIVE | \
                                          BOND_ARP_VALIDATE_BACKUP)
 
+#define BOND_SLAVE_NOTIFY_NOW           true
+#define BOND_SLAVE_NOTIFY_LATER         false
+
 static inline int slave_do_arp_validate(struct bonding *bond,
                                         struct slave *slave)
 {
@@ -394,17 +429,19 @@ static inline void bond_netpoll_send_skb(const struct slave *slave,
 }
 #endif
 
-static inline void bond_set_slave_inactive_flags(struct slave *slave)
+static inline void bond_set_slave_inactive_flags(struct slave *slave,
+                                                 bool notify)
 {
         if (!bond_is_lb(slave->bond))
-                bond_set_backup_slave(slave);
+                bond_set_slave_state(slave, BOND_STATE_BACKUP, notify);
         if (!slave->bond->params.all_slaves_active)
                 slave->inactive = 1;
 }
 
-static inline void bond_set_slave_active_flags(struct slave *slave)
+static inline void bond_set_slave_active_flags(struct slave *slave,
+                                               bool notify)
 {
-        bond_set_active_slave(slave);
+        bond_set_slave_state(slave, BOND_STATE_ACTIVE, notify);
         slave->inactive = 0;
 }