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 {