netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 net-next] bonding: pair enable_port with slave_arr

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Date:   Fri, 4 Feb 2022 19:59:49 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Jay Vosburgh <jay.vosburgh@...onical.com>
Cc:     Mahesh Bandewar <maheshb@...gle.com>,
        Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net>,
        Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@...il.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Mahesh Bandewar <mahesh@...dewar.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next] bonding: pair enable_port with
 slave_arr_updates

On Thu, 03 Feb 2022 16:50:30 -0800 Jay Vosburgh wrote:
> Mahesh Bandewar <maheshb@...gle.com> wrote:
> 
> >When 803.2ad mode enables a participating port, it should update
> >the slave-array. I have observed that the member links are participating
> >and are part of the active aggregator while the traffic is egressing via
> >only one member link (in a case where two links are participating). Via
> >krpobes I discovered that that slave-arr has only one link added while

kprobes
that that

The commit message would use some proof reading in general.

> >the other participating link wasn't part of the slave-arr.
> >
> >I couldn't see what caused that situation but the simple code-walk
> >through provided me hints that the enable_port wasn't always associated
> >with the slave-array update.
> >
> >Signed-off-by: Mahesh Bandewar <maheshb@...gle.com>  
> 
> Acked-by: Jay Vosburgh <jay.vosburgh@...onical.com>

Quacks like a fix, no? It's tagged for net-next and no fixes tag, 
is there a reason why?