netdev - Re: [PATCH] net/bonding: Don't destroy bonding master wehn unensalving with a sysfs command

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Date:	Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:08:40 +0300
From:	Moni Shoua <monis@...taire.COM>
To:	Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com>
CC:	Olga Stern <olgas@...taire.com>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH]  net/bonding: Don't destroy bonding master wehn unensalving
 with a sysfs command

Moni Shoua wrote:
> It is wrong to destroy a bonding  master from a context that uses the sysfs of
>  that bond. When last IPoIB slave is unenslaved from by writing to a sysfs
>  file (for bond0 this would be /sys/class/net/bond0/bonding/slaves) the driver
>  tries to destroy the bond. This is wrong and can lead to a lockup or a crash.
>  This fix lets the bonding master stay and relies on the user to destroy the
>  bonding master if necessary (i.e. before module ib_ipoib is unloaded)
> 
> This patch affects only bonds of IPoIB slaves. Ethernet slaves stay unaffected.
> Signed-off-by: Moni Shoua <monis@...taire.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c |    3 ---
>  1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
> index 08f3d39..f66f590 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
> @@ -351,9 +351,6 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_slaves(struct device *d,
>  		if (dev) {
>  			printk(KERN_INFO DRV_NAME ": %s: Removing slave %s\n",
>  				bond->dev->name, dev->name);
> -			if (bond->setup_by_slave)
> -				res = bond_release_and_destroy(bond->dev, dev);
> -			else
>  				res = bond_release(bond->dev, dev);
>  			if (res) {
>  				ret = res;
Hi Jay,
Could you please refer to this one?
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