netdev - Re: [PATCH net] tun: fix bonding active backup with arp monitoring

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Date:   Mon, 22 Nov 2021 12:18:37 +0100
From:   Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:     Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
Cc:     patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
        kuba@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...onical.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] tun: fix bonding active backup with arp monitoring

On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 06:26:17PM +0100, Nicolas Dichtel wrote:
> Le 15/11/2021 à 14:10, patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org a écrit :
> > Hello:
> > 
> > This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (master)
> > by David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>:
> > 
> > On Fri, 12 Nov 2021 08:56:03 +0100 you wrote:
> >> As stated in the bonding doc, trans_start must be set manually for drivers
> >> using NETIF_F_LLTX:
> >>  Drivers that use NETIF_F_LLTX flag must also update
> >>  netdev_queue->trans_start. If they do not, then the ARP monitor will
> >>  immediately fail any slaves using that driver, and those slaves will stay
> >>  down.
> >>
> >> [...]
> > 
> > Here is the summary with links:
> >   - [net] tun: fix bonding active backup with arp monitoring
> >     https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/a31d27fbed5d
> > 
> > You are awesome, thank you!
> > 
> May I ask for a backport to stable of this patch?
> 
> It's now in Linus tree: a31d27fbed5d ("tun: fix bonding active backup with arp
> monitoring"):
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a31d27fbed5d
> 
> I didn't put a Fixes tag in the original submission because the bug is there
> before git ages.
> Maybe "Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")" would have been a better choice.

Now queued up, thanks.

greg k-h