netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] bonding: Remove support for use

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Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2025 23:00:32 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Jay Vosburgh <jv@...sburgh.net>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
 kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, horms@...nel.org, corbet@....net,
 andrew+netdev@...n.ch, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] bonding: Remove support for use_carrier

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Fri, 29 Aug 2025 17:08:37 -0700 you wrote:
> Remove the implementation of use_carrier, the link monitoring
> method that utilizes ethtool or ioctl to determine the link state of an
> interface in a bond.  Bonding will always behaves as if use_carrier=1,
> which relies on netif_carrier_ok() to determine the link state of
> interfaces.
> 
> 	To avoid acquiring RTNL many times per second, bonding inspects
> link state under RCU, but not under RTNL.  However, ethtool
> implementations in drivers may sleep, and therefore this strategy is
> unsuitable for use with calls into driver ethtool functions.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next] bonding: Remove support for use_carrier
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/23a6037ce76c

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