netdev - Re: [v3 PATCH 1/2] bonding: sync netpoll code with bridge

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Date:	Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:40:30 +0800
From:	Cong Wang <amwang@...hat.com>
To:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...hat.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.hengli.com.au>,
	bonding-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Subject: Re: [v3 PATCH 1/2] bonding: sync netpoll code with bridge

On 12/09/10 15:33, Cong Wang wrote:
>>>
>>>       /* close slave before restoring its mac address */
>>>       dev_close(slave_dev);
>>> @@ -2061,6 +2098,7 @@ static int  bond_release_and_destroy(struct
>>> net_device *bond_dev,
>>>
>>>       ret = bond_release(bond_dev, slave_dev);
>>>       if ((ret == 0)&&  (bond->slave_cnt == 0)) {
>>> +        bond_dev->priv_flags |= IFF_DISABLE_NETPOLL;
>> Why are you setting IFF_DISABLE_NETPOLL here?  That seems unnecessecary
>>
>
> It gets removed in patch 2/2. :)

Oops! I misread IFF_DISABLE_NETPOLL as IFF_IN_NETPOLL...

I think there is a small window between bond_release() and unregister_netdevice(),
setting this could prevent netpoll is setup again on this bond?
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