netdev - Re: [patch net-next] bonding: allow to add vlans on top of empty bond

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Date:	Sat, 28 Jun 2014 09:30:15 +0200
From:	Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@...il.com>
To:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, j.vosburgh@...il.com,
	andy@...yhouse.net
Subject: Re: [patch net-next] bonding: allow to add vlans on top of empty bond

On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 04:13:12PM +0200, Jiri Pirko wrote:
>This limitation maybe had some reason in the past, but now there is not
>one -> removing this.

Yeah, purely legacy stuff.

>
>Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>

For the patch:

Acked-by: Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@...il.com>

It would be also nice if you could have time to follow up with Jay's
remarks :).

>---
> drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c | 13 -------------
> 1 file changed, 13 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
>index 3a451b6..ffefb70 100644
>--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
>+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
>@@ -1001,12 +1001,6 @@ static netdev_features_t bond_fix_features(struct net_device *dev,
> 	netdev_features_t mask;
> 	struct slave *slave;
>
>-	if (!bond_has_slaves(bond)) {
>-		/* Disable adding VLANs to empty bond. But why? --mq */
>-		features |= NETIF_F_VLAN_CHALLENGED;
>-		return features;
>-	}
>-
> 	mask = features;
> 	features &= ~NETIF_F_ONE_FOR_ALL;
> 	features |= NETIF_F_ALL_FOR_ALL;
>@@ -3956,13 +3950,6 @@ void bond_setup(struct net_device *bond_dev)
> 	bond_dev->priv_flags |= IFF_BONDING | IFF_UNICAST_FLT;
> 	bond_dev->priv_flags &= ~(IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE | IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING);
>
>-	/* At first, we block adding VLANs. That's the only way to
>-	 * prevent problems that occur when adding VLANs over an
>-	 * empty bond. The block will be removed once non-challenged
>-	 * slaves are enslaved.
>-	 */
>-	bond_dev->features |= NETIF_F_VLAN_CHALLENGED;
>-
> 	/* don't acquire bond device's netif_tx_lock when
> 	 * transmitting */
> 	bond_dev->features |= NETIF_F_LLTX;
>-- 
>1.9.0
>
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