Bond using mode 4 or 802.3ad may activate incorrect interface due to bug in agg_device_up() function
Issue
On some situations, bonding may use an old aggregator ID and may even try to use a slave that is actually in a down state.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- with 802.3ad/mode 4 bonding
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