Re: [PATCH net-next] net/core: ensure features get disabled on new lower devs

[Nikolay Aleksandrov]

On 11/03/2015 09:36 PM, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> With moving netdev_sync_lower_features() after the .ndo_set_features
> calls, I neglected to verify that devices added *after* a flag had been
> disabled on an upper device were properly added with that flag disabled as
> well. This currently happens, because we exit __netdev_update_features()
> when we see dev->features == features for the upper dev. We can retain the
> optimization of leaving without calling .ndo_set_features with a bit of
> tweaking and a goto here.
> 
> Changing err to ret was somewhat arbitrary and makes the patch look more
> involved, but seems to better fit the altered use.
> 
> Fixes: fd867d51f ("net/core: generic support for disabling netdev features down stack")
> CC: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Jay Vosburgh <j.vosburgh@xxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@xxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Andy Gospodarek <gospo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Jiri Pirko <jiri@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@xxxxxxx>
> CC: Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@xxxxxxxxx>
> CC: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Jarod Wilson <jarod@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  net/core/dev.c | 21 ++++++++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 

Thanks for the quick response,

Reported-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: fd867d51f889 ("net/core: generic support for disabling netdev features down stack")


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