netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: add dev_uc_sync_multiple() and dev_mc_sync

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Message-Id: <20130415.153628.1799560140670027402.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:36:28 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	vyasevic@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, jiri@...nulli.us
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: add dev_uc_sync_multiple() and
 dev_mc_sync_multiple() api

From: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@...hat.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:09:56 -0400

> The current implementation of dev_uc_sync/unsync() assumes that there is
> a strict 1-to-1 relationship between the source and destination of the case.
> This is not always the case.  Some virtual devices aggreated a number
> of lower devices and need to sync the address to all of them.  The current
> API falls short there.
> 
> This patch introduces a new dev_uc_sync_multiple() api that can be called
> in the above circumstances and allows sync to work for every invocation.
> 
> CC: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
> Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@...hat.com>

Did patch #2 get killed by a cosmic ray?  :-)

I didn't see it get posted yet.
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