From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel•org>
To: Long Li <longli@microsoft•com>
Cc: "longli@linuxonhyperv•com" <longli@linuxonhyperv•com>,
KY Srinivasan <kys@microsoft•com>,
Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft•com>,
Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel•org>, Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft•com>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft•net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google•com>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat•com>,
"linux-hyperv@vger•kernel.org" <linux-hyperv@vger•kernel.org>,
"netdev@vger•kernel.org" <netdev@vger•kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger•kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger•kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4] hv_netvsc: Mark VF as slave before exposing it to user-mode
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2023 12:05:13 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20231110120513.45ed505c@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <PH7PR21MB3263EBCF9600EEBD6D962B6ECEAEA@PH7PR21MB3263.namprd21.prod.outlook.com>
On Fri, 10 Nov 2023 00:43:55 +0000 Long Li wrote:
> The code above needs to work with and without netvsc (the possible
> master device) present.
I don't think that's a reasonable requirement for the kernel code.
The auto-bonding already puts the kernel into business of guessing
policy, which frankly we shouldn't be in.
Having the kernel guess even harder that there will be a master,
but it's not there yet, is not reasonable.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-11-10 20:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-11-08 22:56 [PATCH net-next v4] hv_netvsc: Mark VF as slave before exposing it to user-mode longli
2023-11-09 2:13 ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-11-10 0:43 ` Long Li
2023-11-10 20:05 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2023-11-15 16:14 ` Stephen Hemminger
2023-11-18 17:38 ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-11-21 0:23 ` Long Li
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