[Bug 670547] [NEW] Bonding Mode 6 (balance-alb) Causes Kernel Oops

[Caleb Anthony]

Public bug reported:

When configuring ethernet bonding on Ubuntu 10.04.1 - 2.6.32-25-server
#45-Ubuntu SMP Sat Oct 16 20:06:58 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux, setting
mode 6 (balance-alb) causes a kernel Oops once some network traffic is
sent or recieved on the interface.

The problem is with the bonding kernel module. I believe that this issue
has been resolved in 2.6.35 with the following commit:

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d8190dff018ffe932d17cae047c6b3d1c5fc7574

Here is my /etc/network/interfaces to reproduce the problem:

auto bond0
iface bond0 inet dhcp
        slaves eth0 eth1
        bond-mode 0
        bond-miimon 100
        bond-primary eth0 eth1

auto bond1
iface bond1 inet static
        address 192.168.0.1
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        slaves eth2 eth3 eth4
        bond-mode 6
        bond-miimon 100
        bond-primary eth2 eth3 eth4

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Bonding Mode 6 (balance-alb) Causes Kernel Oops
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