On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 09:08:59AM +0100, Nitin katiyar via dev wrote:
> OVS does not support the LACP Marker protocol. Typically, ToR switches
> send a LACP Marker PDU when restarting LACP negotiation following a link
> flap or LACP timeout.
> 
> When a LACP Marker PDU is received, OVS logs the following warning and
> drops the packet:
>     “lacp(pmdXXX)|WARN|bond-prv: received an unparsable LACP PDU.”
> 
> As the above message is logged around the same time the link flap or
> LACP down events are logged, it gives a misleading impression that the
> reception of an unparsable LACP PDU is the reason for the LACP down
> event.
> 
> The proposed patch does not add support for the LACP Marker protocol.
> It simply recognizes LACP Marker packets, drops them and logs a clear
> message indicating that a Marker packet was a received. A counter to
> track the number of such packets received is also added.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nitin katiyar <[email protected]>

Thanks a lot!  I did not know about LACP Marker PDUs before.  I applied
this to master.
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