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

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Message-ID: <CAF2d9jh6O0wonKA3nw-Zx6jervXBMdJAbDuTEK6U9ccvaQr2rA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 7 Feb 2022 14:18:55 -0800
From:   Mahesh Bandewar (महेश बंडेवार) 
        <maheshb@...gle.com>
To:     Jay Vosburgh <jay.vosburgh@...onical.com>
Cc:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, 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 Mon, Feb 7, 2022 at 9:37 AM Jay Vosburgh <jay.vosburgh@...onical.com> wrote:
>
> Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
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> >On Sun, 6 Feb 2022 21:52:11 -0800 Mahesh Bandewar (=E0=A4=AE=E0=A4=B9=E0=
> =A5=87=E0=A4=B6 =E0=A4=AC=E0=A4=82=E0=A4=A1=E0=A5=87=E0=A4=B5=E0=A4=BE=E0=
> =A4=B0) wrote:
> >> On Fri, Feb 4, 2022 at 7:59 PM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
> >> > Quacks like a fix, no? It's tagged for net-next and no fixes tag,
> >> > is there a reason why?=20=20
> >>=20
> >> Though this fixes some corner cases, I couldn't find anything obvious
> >> that I can report as "fixes" hence decided otherwise. Does that make
> >> sense?
> >
> >So it's was not introduced in the refactorings which added
> >update_slave_arr? If the problem existed forever we can put:
> >
> >Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
> >
> >it's just an indication how far back the backporting should go.
> >For anything older than oldest LTS (4.9) the exact tag probably
> >doesn't matter all that much.
>
>         I think the correct Fixes line would be the commit that
> introduces the array logic in the first place, which I believe is:
>
> Fixes: ee6377147409 ("bonding: Simplify the xmit function for modes that us=
> e xmit_hash")
>
>         This dates to 3.18.
>
Will do. Thank you both.
>         -J
>
> ---
>         -Jay Vosburgh, jay.vosburgh@...onical.com