netdev - Re: [patch net-next 24/26] mlxsw: spectrum: Implement LAG port join/leave

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Date:	Wed, 2 Dec 2015 06:01:32 -0800
From:	Andy Gospodarek <gospo@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, idosch@...lanox.com,
	eladr@...lanox.com, yotamg@...lanox.com, ogerlitz@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next 24/26] mlxsw: spectrum: Implement LAG port
 join/leave

On Tue, Dec 01, 2015 at 02:49:02PM +0100, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
> 
> Implement basic procedures for joining/leaving port to/from LAG. That
> includes HW setup of collector, core LAG mapping setup.
> 
[...]
> @@ -1937,6 +2153,18 @@ static int mlxsw_sp_netdevice_event(struct notifier_block *unused,
>  				mlxsw_sp_port->bridged = 0;
>  				mlxsw_sp_master_bridge_dec(mlxsw_sp, upper_dev);
>  			}
> +		} else if (netif_is_lag_master(upper_dev)) {
> +			if (info->linking) {
> +				err = mlxsw_sp_port_lag_join(mlxsw_sp_port,
> +							     upper_dev);
> +				if (err)
> +					netdev_err(dev, "Failed to join link aggregation\n");
> +			} else {
> +				err = mlxsw_sp_port_lag_leave(mlxsw_sp_port,
> +							      upper_dev);
> +				if (err)
> +					netdev_err(dev, "Failed to leave link aggregation\n");
> +			}
>  		}
>  		break;
>  	}

If I'm reading this correctly, moving an offloaded port into a bond/team
or changing configuration options isn't synchronous.  It seems like the
lack of immediate feedback to the caller is not desired.

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