netdev - Re: [patch net-next 05/10] net: vrf: Set slave's private flag before linking

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Date:   Mon, 13 Mar 2017 09:19:24 -0600
From:   David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, idosch@...lanox.com, mlxsw@...lanox.com,
        shm@...ulusnetworks.com, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, jmorris@...ei.org,
        yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, kaber@...sh.net, lorenzo@...gle.com,
        mateusz.bajorski@...ia.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next 05/10] net: vrf: Set slave's private flag before
 linking

On 3/13/17 1:38 AM, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> From: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
> 
> Allow listeners of the subsequent CHANGEUPPER notification to retrieve
> the VRF's table ID by calling l3mdev_fib_table() with the slave netdev.
> Without this change, the netdev won't be considered an L3 slave and the
> function would return 0.
> 
> This is consistent with other master device such as bridge and bond that
> set the slave's private flag before linking. It also makes
> do_vrf_{add,del}_slave() symmetric.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/vrf.c | 8 ++++++--
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 


Acked-by: David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>