netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] bonding: move bond-specific init after enslave happens

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Date:	Tue, 22 Oct 2013 19:22:45 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	vfalico@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, jiri@...nulli.us, dingtianhong@...wei.com,
	fubar@...ibm.com, andy@...yhouse.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] bonding: move bond-specific init after
 enslave happens

From: Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@...hat.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 11:48:30 +0200

> As Jiri noted, currently we first do all bonding-specific initialization
> (specifically - bond_select_active_slave(bond)) before we actually attach
> the slave (so that it becomes visible through bond_for_each_slave() and
> friends). This might result in bond_select_active_slave() not seeing the
> first/new slave and, thus, not actually selecting an active slave.
> 
> Fix this by moving all the bond-related init part after we've actually
> completely initialized and linked (via bond_master_upper_dev_link()) the
> new slave.
> 
> Also, remove the bond_(de/a)ttach_slave(), it's useless to have functions
> to ++/-- one int.
> 
> After this we have all the initialization of the new slave *before*
> linking, and all the stuff that needs to be done on bonding *after* it. It
> has also a bonus effect - we can remove the locking on the new slave init
> completely, and only use it for bond_select_active_slave().
> 
> Reported-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
> CC: Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com>
> CC: Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net>
> Signed-off-by: Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@...hat.com>

Applied.
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