netdev - Re: [PATCH net] failover: eliminate callback hell

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Message-ID: <20180611205353-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org>
Date:   Mon, 11 Jun 2018 21:07:16 +0300
From:   "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc:     "Samudrala, Sridhar" <sridhar.samudrala@...el.com>,
        kys@...rosoft.com, haiyangz@...rosoft.com, davem@...emloft.net,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] failover: eliminate callback hell

On Wed, Jun 06, 2018 at 03:21:21PM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > > 
> > > I think you need to get rid of triggering off of the name change.  
> > 
> > Worth considering down the road since it's a bit of a hack but it's one
> > we won't have trouble supporting, unlike the delayed uplink.
> 
> You can't depend on userspace doing rename.

There's only so much we can do to add new functionality to old
userspace. You can always just use PV and all will work.

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