netdev - Re: [PATCH next v2] bonding: pass link-local packets to bonding master also.

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Date:   Wed, 18 Jul 2018 16:40:18 -0700
From:   Mahesh Bandewar (महेश बंडेवार) 
        <maheshb@...gle.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     mahesh@...dewar.net, j.vosburgh@...il.com, andy@...yhouse.net,
        vfalico@...il.com, linux-netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        soltys@....info
Subject: Re: [PATCH next v2] bonding: pass link-local packets to bonding
 master also.

On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 4:33 PM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> From: Mahesh Bandewar (महेश बंडेवार) <maheshb@...gle.com>
> Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 16:19:17 -0700
>
>> On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 1:18 PM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
>>> From: Mahesh Bandewar <mahesh@...dewar.net>
>>> Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 12:55:42 -0700
>>>
>>>> From: Mahesh Bandewar <maheshb@...gle.com>
>>>>
>>>> Commit b89f04c61efe ("bonding: deliver link-local packets with
>>>> skb->dev set to link that packets arrived on") changed the behavior
>>>> of how link-local-multicast packets are processed. The change in
>>>> the behavior broke some legacy use cases where these packets are
>>>> expected to arrive on bonding master device also.
>>>>
>>>> This patch passes the packet to the stack with the link it arrived
>>>> on as well as passes to the bonding-master device to preserve the
>>>> legacy use case.
>>>>
>>>> Fixes: b89f04c61efe ("bonding: deliver link-local packets with skb->dev set to link that packets arrived on")
>>>> Reported-by: Michal Soltys <soltys@....info>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Mahesh Bandewar <maheshb@...gle.com>
>>>
>>> If this is a regression, it should target 'net' rather than 'net-next'
>>> so we can queue it up for -stable as well.
>>>
>> Yes, it is. Just forgot to revise the subject. Do you want me to
>> resend the patch?
>
> Yes, please.
sure, will do.