netdev - Re: [PATCH RESEND iproute2-next] ip/bond: add broadcast

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <25ea5933-e917-4852-8744-6351d45f9824@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 17:09:37 -0600
From: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To: Tonghao Zhang <tonghao@...aicloud.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND iproute2-next] ip/bond: add broadcast_neighbor
 support

On 9/19/25 3:01 AM, Tonghao Zhang wrote:
> 
> 
>> 2025年9月18日 10:45，David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com> 写道：
>>
>> On 9/14/25 1:06 AM, Tonghao Zhang wrote:
>>> This option has no effect in modes other than 802.3ad mode.
>>> When this option enabled, the bond device will broadcast ARP/ND
>>> packets to all active slaves.
>>>
>>> Cc: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
>>> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Tonghao Zhang <tonghao@...aicloud.com>
>>> ---
>>> 1. no update uapi header. https://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=170614774224160&w=3
>>> 2. the kernel patch is accpted, https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/netdevbpf/patch/84d0a044514157bb856a10b6d03a1028c4883561.1751031306.git.tonghao@bamaicloud.com/
>>> ---
>>> ip/iplink_bond.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>>
>> you need to update man/man8/ip-link.8.in under the bond section.
>>
> No option descriptions as follows were found in manpage. There is only a description of bond_slave. I don’t know where to update. 
> 

ok, looks like we are missing documentation for bond arguments.

repost your patch; no sense holding it up given the current
documentation hole.