netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v10 2/4] net: Introduce generic failover module

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Date:   Fri, 11 May 2018 21:09:33 +0300
From:   "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc:     Sridhar Samudrala <sridhar.samudrala@...el.com>,
        stephen@...workplumber.org, davem@...emloft.net,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        virtio-dev@...ts.oasis-open.org, jesse.brandeburg@...el.com,
        alexander.h.duyck@...el.com, kubakici@...pl, jasowang@...hat.com,
        loseweigh@...il.com, jiri@...nulli.us, aaron.f.brown@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v10 2/4] net: Introduce generic failover module

On Mon, May 07, 2018 at 03:39:19PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 05/07/2018 03:10 PM, Sridhar Samudrala wrote:
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Sridhar Samudrala <sridhar.samudrala@...el.com>
> > ---
> >  MAINTAINERS                |    7 +
> >  include/linux/netdevice.h  |   16 +
> >  include/net/net_failover.h |   52 +++
> >  net/Kconfig                |   10 +
> >  net/core/Makefile          |    1 +
> >  net/core/net_failover.c    | 1044 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  6 files changed, 1130 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644 include/net/net_failover.h
> >  create mode 100644 net/core/net_failover.c
> 
> 
> > diff --git a/net/Kconfig b/net/Kconfig
> > index b62089fb1332..0540856676de 100644
> > --- a/net/Kconfig
> > +++ b/net/Kconfig
> > @@ -429,6 +429,16 @@ config MAY_USE_DEVLINK
> >  config PAGE_POOL
> >         bool
> >  
> > +config NET_FAILOVER
> > +	tristate "Failover interface"
> > +	default m
> 
> Need some justification for default m (as opposed to n).

Or one can just leave the default line out.