netdev - Re: [PATCH net] Revert "net: team: use IFF_NO_ADDRCONF flag to prevent ipv6 addrconf"

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Date:   Tue, 17 Jan 2023 19:36:33 -0700
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>,
        network dev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] Revert "net: team: use IFF_NO_ADDRCONF flag to
 prevent ipv6 addrconf"

On 1/17/23 11:42 AM, Xin Long wrote:
> This reverts commit 0aa64df30b382fc71d4fb1827d528e0eb3eff854.
> 
> Currently IFF_NO_ADDRCONF is used to prevent all ipv6 addrconf for the
> slave ports of team, bonding and failover devices and it means no ipv6
> packets can be sent out through these slave ports. However, for team
> device, "nsna_ping" link_watch requires ipv6 addrconf. Otherwise, the
> link will be marked failure. This patch removes the IFF_NO_ADDRCONF
> flag set for team port, and we will fix the original issue in another
> patch, as Jakub suggested.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/team/team.c | 2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/team/team.c b/drivers/net/team/team.c
> index fcd43d62d86b..d10606f257c4 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/team/team.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/team/team.c
> @@ -1044,7 +1044,6 @@ static int team_port_enter(struct team *team, struct team_port *port)
>  			goto err_port_enter;
>  		}
>  	}
> -	port->dev->priv_flags |= IFF_NO_ADDRCONF;
>  
>  	return 0;
>  
> @@ -1058,7 +1057,6 @@ static void team_port_leave(struct team *team, struct team_port *port)
>  {
>  	if (team->ops.port_leave)
>  		team->ops.port_leave(team, port);
> -	port->dev->priv_flags &= ~IFF_NO_ADDRCONF;
>  	dev_put(team->dev);
>  }
>  

What about the other patches in that set - failover device and bonding?