netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 2/4] net: dsa: Link aggregation support

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Date:   Wed, 9 Dec 2020 15:23:40 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
Cc:     Tobias Waldekranz <tobias@...dekranz.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
        kuba@...nel.org, vivien.didelot@...il.com, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        j.vosburgh@...il.com, vfalico@...il.com, andy@...yhouse.net,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 2/4] net: dsa: Link aggregation support

On Wed, Dec 09, 2020 at 12:53:26PM +0200, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 09, 2020 at 09:37:39AM +0100, Tobias Waldekranz wrote:
> > I will remove `struct dsa_lag` in v4.
> 
> Ok, thanks.
> It would be nice if you could also make .port_lag_leave return an int code.

I've not looked at the code, but how can it fail, other than something
probably fatal with communication with the hardware. And what should
the rest of the stack do? Recreate what is just destroyed? And does
that really work?

     Andrew