Meem, This is an edge case.
> If we don't turnoff load spreading, the packets might get dropped if > there are no non-FAILED/INACTIVE interfaces for it to go out. > >Specifically, it seems to me that the interface must be functioning in >order to have data addresses and thus to receive an ICMP_ECHO_REQUEST >message in the first place. Given that the interface is functioning, that >means there must be at least one functioning interface for the packet to >go out of and thus I don't see how the above comment applies. > True we received the echo request, but I think the assumption is that the transmit and receive are separate paths in the NIC and could potentially fail independently. Thirumalai
