netdev - Re: [PATCH net] add support of IFF_XMIT_DST

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Message-Id: <20171104.223328.291994442026260461.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Sat, 04 Nov 2017 22:33:28 +0900 (KST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     vfedorenko@...dex-team.ru
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
        pstaszewski@...are.pl
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] add support of IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE bit in vlan

From: Vadim Fedorenko <vfedorenko@...dex-team.ru>
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2017 15:49:08 +0300

> Some time ago Eric Dumazet suggested a "hack the IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE
> flag on the vlan netdev". But the last comment was "does not support
> properly bonding/team.(If the real_dev->privflags IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE
> bit changes, we want to update all the vlans at the same time )"
> 
> I've extended that patch to support changes of IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE in
> bonding/team.
> Both bonding and team call netdev_change_features() after recalculation
> of features including priv_flags IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE bit. So the only
> thing needed to support is to recheck this bit in
> vlan_transfer_features().
> 
> Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Vadim Fedorenko <vfedorenko@...dex-team.ru>

Applied, thank you.