netdev - Re: [PATCH net] ip[6]: don't register inet[6]dev when dev is down

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Message-ID: <e7f91fe1-ee1e-7edd-cfe7-fa0744576f27@6wind.com>
Date:   Mon, 10 Jul 2017 10:20:00 +0200
From:   Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
To:     Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Hongjun Li <hongjun.li@...nd.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ip[6]: don't register inet[6]dev when dev is down

Le 08/07/2017 à 20:56, Cong Wang a écrit :
> On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 5:39 AM, Nicolas Dichtel
> <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com> wrote:
[snip]
>>  - the patch is easy to backport in older kernel.
>>
> 
> Easy to backport doesn't mean easy to verify. ;) As David said, this
> code is mess, especially for the keep_addr_on_down logic.
> 
Yes sure. Let's live with your patch.


Thank you,
Nicolas