netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH v3 3/5] Add ndo_hwtstamp_get/set support to vlan code path

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Date:   Wed, 5 Apr 2023 20:34:32 +0300
From:   Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     Maxim Georgiev <glipus@...il.com>, kory.maincent@...tlin.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com,
        vadim.fedorenko@...ux.dev, richardcochran@...il.com,
        gerhard@...leder-embedded.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v3 3/5] Add ndo_hwtstamp_get/set support to vlan code
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On Wed, Apr 05, 2023 at 08:28:40PM +0300, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> - it changes ifrr.ifr_name with real_dev->name for a reason I can't
>   really determine or find in commit 94dd016ae538 ("bond: pass
>   get_ts_info and SIOC[SG]HWTSTAMP ioctl to active device"). Since vlan
>   and macvlan don't do it, and operate with lower drivers from the same
>   pool as bonding, I'd imagine it's not needed.

Ah, they do, they do, my bad. So it's down to 2 differences, which can
be handled easily with the wrapper function model - the bonding wrapper
checks, or sets, the HWTSTAMP_FLAG_BONDED_PHC_INDEX flag.