netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net 5/6] bonding: Convert hw addr handling to sync/unsync, support ucast addresses

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Date:	Fri, 07 Jun 2013 15:06:21 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	fubar@...ibm.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, vyasevic@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net 5/6] bonding: Convert hw addr handling to
 sync/unsync, support ucast addresses

From: Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com>
Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 14:57:30 -0700

> 	This patch converts bonding to use the dev_uc/mc_sync and
> dev_uc/mc_sync_multiple functions for updating the hardware addresses
> of bonding slaves.
> 
> 	The existing functions to add or remove addresses are removed,
> and their functionality is replaced with calls to dev_mc_sync or
> dev_mc_sync_multiple, depending upon the bonding mode.
> 
> 	Calls to dev_uc_sync and dev_uc_sync_multiple are also added,
> so that unicast addresses added to a bond will be properly synced with
> its slaves.
> 
> 	Various functions are renamed to better reflect the new
> situation, and relevant comments are updated.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com>

Applied to net-next.
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