netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] bonding: deliver link-local packets with skb->dev set to link that packets arrived on

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Date:   Mon, 17 Apr 2017 15:46:09 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     chonggangli@...gle.com
Cc:     j.vosburgh@...il.com, andy@...yhouse.net, vfalico@...il.com,
        nikolay@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        maheshb@...gle.com, maze@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] bonding: deliver link-local packets with
 skb->dev set to link that packets arrived on

From: Chonggang Li <chonggangli@...gle.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2017 12:02:18 -0700

> Bonding driver changes the skb->dev to the bonding-master before
> passing the packet to stack for further processing. This, however
> does not make sense for the link-local packets and it looses "the
> link info" once its skb->dev is changed to bonding-master.  This
> patch changes this behavior for link-local packets by not changing
> the skb->dev to the bonding-master and maintaining it as it is,
> i.e. the link on which the packet arrived.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chonggang Li <chonggangli@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Mahesh Bandewar <maheshb@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Maciej Żenczykowski <maze@...gle.com>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
>   - Make the commit message more clearer.

Applied with "looses" type fixed.