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

From: Hangbin Liu <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 07:53:46 +0000

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 <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  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