Thread (3 messages) 3 messages, 3 authors, 2025-02-12

Re: [PATCH net-next v3] hv_netvsc: Set device flags for properly indicating bonding in Hyper-V

From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Date: 2025-02-12 00:20:28
Also in: linux-hyperv, linux-rdma, lkml

On Fri,  7 Feb 2025 13:55:37 -0800 longli@linuxonhyperv.com wrote:
On Hyper-V platforms, a slave VF netdev always bonds to Netvsc and remains
as Netvsc's only active slave as long as the slave device is present. This
behavior is the same as a bonded device, but it's not user-configurable.

Some kernel APIs (e.g those in "include/linux/netdevice.h") check for
IFF_MASTER, IFF_SLAVE and IFF_BONDING for determing if those are used in
a master/slave bonded setup. Netvsc's bonding setup with its slave device
falls into this category.
Again, this is way too much of a hack. You're trying to make
netif_is_bond_master() return true for your franken-interfaces
with minimal effort. 
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