# Re: \[PATCH net-next v12 1/5\] net: Introduce generic failover module

- From: Samudrala, Sridhar \<sridhar.samudrala@intel.com\>
- Date: 2018-05-25 23:06:58 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2018/05/11097383
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2018/05/11097172/t.md

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On 5/25/2018 3:38 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Thu, 24 May 2018 09:55:13 -0700
> Sridhar Samudrala [ref] wrote:
>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
>> index 03ed492c4e14..0f4ba52b641d 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
>> @@ -1421,6 +1421,8 @@ struct net_device_ops {
>>    *	entity (i.e. the master device for bridged veth)
>>    * @IFF_MACSEC: device is a MACsec device
>>    * @IFF_NO_RX_HANDLER: device doesn't support the rx_handler hook
>> + * @IFF_FAILOVER: device is a failover master device
>> + * @IFF_FAILOVER_SLAVE: device is lower dev of a failover master device
>>    */
>>   enum netdev_priv_flags {
>>   	IFF_802_1Q_VLAN			= 1<<0,
>> @@ -1450,6 +1452,8 @@ enum netdev_priv_flags {
>>   	IFF_PHONY_HEADROOM		= 1<<24,
>>   	IFF_MACSEC			= 1<<25,
>>   	IFF_NO_RX_HANDLER		= 1<<26,
>> +	IFF_FAILOVER			= 1<<27,
>> +	IFF_FAILOVER_SLAVE		= 1<<28,
>>   };
> Why is FAILOVER any different than other master/slave relationships.
> I don't think you need to take up precious netdev flag bits for this.

These are netdev priv flags.
Jiri says that IFF_MASTER/IFF_SLAVE are bonding specific flags and cannot be used
with other failover mechanisms. Team also doesn't use this flags and it has its own
priv_flags.
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