netdev - Re: [PATCH net] bonding: re-evaluate force_primary when the primary slave name changes

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Date:   Thu, 07 Jun 2018 16:54:07 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     yuxiangning@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] bonding: re-evaluate force_primary when the
 primary slave name changes 

From: Xiangning Yu <yuxiangning@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2018 13:39:59 +0800

> From: Xiangning Yu <yuxiangning@...il.com>
> 
> There is a timing issue under active-standy mode, when bond_enslave() is
> called, bond->params.primary might not be initialized yet.
> 
> Any time the primary slave string changes, bond->force_primary should be
> set to true to make sure the primary becomes the active slave.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xiangning Yu <yuxiangning@...il.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable.