netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2] bonding: show saner speed for broadcast mode

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Date:   Fri, 14 Aug 2020 20:40:19 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     jarod@...hat.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, j.vosburgh@...il.com,
        vfalico@...il.com, andy@...yhouse.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        jay.vosburgh@...onical.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] bonding: show saner speed for broadcast mode

From: Jarod Wilson <jarod@...hat.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2020 10:09:00 -0400

> Broadcast mode bonds transmit a copy of all traffic simultaneously out of
> all interfaces, so the "speed" of the bond isn't really the aggregate of
> all interfaces, but rather, the speed of the slowest active interface.
> 
> Also, the type of the speed field is u32, not unsigned long, so adjust
> that accordingly, as required to make min() function here without
> complaining about mismatching types.
> 
> Fixes: bb5b052f751b ("bond: add support to read speed and duplex via ethtool")
> CC: Jay Vosburgh <j.vosburgh@...il.com>
> CC: Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@...il.com>
> CC: Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net>
> CC: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
> CC: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Acked-by: Jay Vosburgh <jay.vosburgh@...onical.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jarod Wilson <jarod@...hat.com>
> ---
> v2: fix description to clarify speed == that of slowest active interface

Applied, thank you.