On Mon, Sep 15, 2025 at 06:41:23PM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > On Mon, 15 Sep 2025 08:37:41 +0000 Hangbin Liu wrote: > > The active-backup bonding mode supports XFRM ESP offload. However, when > > a bond is added using command like `ip link add bond0 type bond mode 1 > > miimon 100`, the `ethtool -k` command shows that the XFRM ESP offload is > > disabled. This occurs because, in bond_newlink(), we change bond link > > first and register bond device later. So the XFRM feature update in > > bond_option_mode_set() is not called as the bond device is not yet > > registered, leading to the offload feature not being set successfully. > > > > To resolve this issue, we can modify the code order in bond_newlink() to > > ensure that the bond device is registered first before changing the bond > > link parameters. This change will allow the XFRM ESP offload feature to be > > correctly enabled. > > This reportedly doesn't apply.. I suppose we want it to go via net?
Ah, yes. I forgot to add the target repo. I need to write a git format-patch wrapper to remind me adding it... Regards Hangbin
