Re: [PATCH net-next v9 2/4] net: Introduce generic failover module
From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
Date: 2018-05-02 16:15:44
From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
Date: 2018-05-02 16:15:44
Sat, Apr 28, 2018 at 11:06:01AM CEST, jiri@resnulli.us wrote:
Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 07:06:58PM CEST, sridhar.samudrala@intel.com wrote:
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+ + err = netdev_rx_handler_register(slave_dev, net_failover_handle_frame, + failover_dev); + if (err) { + netdev_err(slave_dev, "can not register failover rx handler (err = %d)\n", + err); + goto err_handler_register; + } + + err = netdev_upper_dev_link(slave_dev, failover_dev, NULL);Please use netdev_master_upper_dev_link().
Don't forget to fillup struct netdev_lag_upper_info - NETDEV_LAG_TX_TYPE_ACTIVEBACKUP Also, please call netdev_lower_state_changed() when the active slave device changes from primary->backup of backup->primary and whenever link state of a slave changes [...]