netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] bonding: fix enslaving a dev without mtu setting support

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Message-Id: <20140522.154706.1268896686458226593.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 22 May 2014 15:47:06 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	vfalico@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, j.vosburgh@...il.com, andy@...yhouse.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] bonding: fix enslaving a dev without mtu
 setting support

From: Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 17:41:59 +0200

> With the introduction of bond_free_slave() we need to have slave->bond
> populated before calling it, however if the dev_mtu_set(slave, mtu) fails,
> we call bond_free_slave() before actually setting slave->bond, and thus
> we'll panic.
> 
> Fix this by populating slave->bond (and ->dev, it seems appropriate) as
> early as possible.
> 
> Also, remove a harmful check for NULL in bond_get_bond_by_slave(), as it's
> only hiding the real problem and making it harder to debug.
> 
> CC: Jay Vosburgh <j.vosburgh@...il.com>
> CC: Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net>
> CC: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@...il.com>

Series applied to net-next, thanks.
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