Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 2/3] net: use ndo_update_offloads for bonding/bridge/team

From: Hangbin Liu

Date: Fri Feb 27 2026 - 02:54:14 EST


On Thu, Feb 26, 2026 at 11:42:07AM +0000, Hangbin Liu wrote:
> Convert bonding, bridge, and team drivers to use the new
> ndo_update_offloads callback instead of manually calling
> netdev_compute_master_upper_features() during port add/remove operations.
>
> This change centralizes the feature computation flow:
>
> Before:
> - netdev_compute_master_upper_features()
> - compute offload features
> - netdev_change_features()
> - __netdev_update_features()
> - update other features
>
> After:
> - netdev_master_upper_dev_link()
> - __netdev_upper_dev_link()
> - netdev_change_features()
> - __netdev_update_features()
> - ndo_update_offloads()
> - netdev_compute_master_upper_features()
> - update other features
>
> This ensures offload features are computed automatically when
> upper/lower device links change, removing the need for manual
> feature computation calls in the driver code.
>
> The netdev_change_features() call in team_uninit() is also removed
> since it calls team_port_del() for each port, which now triggers
> feature updates automatically.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c | 10 +++++++---
> drivers/net/team/team_core.c | 11 +++++++----
> net/bridge/br_device.c | 6 ++++++
> net/bridge/br_if.c | 4 ----
> net/core/dev.c | 8 ++++++--
> 5 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
> index d05837c0713a..7043ee022980 100644
> --- a/net/core/dev.c
> +++ b/net/core/dev.c
> @@ -8893,6 +8893,9 @@ static int __netdev_upper_dev_link(struct net_device *dev,
> __netdev_walk_all_upper_dev(upper_dev, __netdev_update_lower_level,
> priv);
>
> + /* re-compute all features after adding link */
> + netdev_change_features(upper_dev);
> +
> return 0;

Another benefit for this change is, after calling netdev_change_features() here,
the later netdev_sync_lower_features() will disable LRO automatically.
So we don't need to call dev_disable_lro() manually in
bonding/bridge/team/VLAN. I will add this patch in next version.

Hangbin