Sat, Apr 07, 2018 at 12:59:14AM CEST, [email protected] wrote:
>On 4/6/2018 5:48 AM, Jiri Pirko wrote:
>> Thu, Apr 05, 2018 at 11:08:22PM CEST, [email protected] wrote:
[...]
>> > +static int virtnet_bypass_join_child(struct net_device *bypass_netdev,
>> > + struct net_device *child_netdev)
>> > +{
>> > + struct virtnet_bypass_info *vbi;
>> > + bool backup;
>> > +
>> > + vbi = netdev_priv(bypass_netdev);
>> > + backup = (child_netdev->dev.parent == bypass_netdev->dev.parent);
>> > + if (backup ? rtnl_dereference(vbi->backup_netdev) :
>> > + rtnl_dereference(vbi->active_netdev)) {
>> > + netdev_info(bypass_netdev,
>> > + "%s attempting to join bypass dev when %s already
>> > present\n",
>> > + child_netdev->name, backup ? "backup" : "active");
>> Bypass module should check if there is already some other netdev
>> enslaved and refuse right there.
>
>This will work for virtio-net with 3 netdev model, but this check has to be
>done by netvsc
>as its bypass_netdev is same as the backup_netdev.
>Will add a flag while registering with the bypass module to indicate if the
>driver is doing
>a 2 netdev or 3 netdev model and based on that flag this check can be done in
>bypass module
>for 3 netdev scenario.
Just let me undestand it clearly. What I expect the difference would be
between 2netdev and3 netdev model is this:
2netdev:
bypass_master
/
/
VF_slave
3netdev:
bypass_master
/ \
/ \
VF_slave backup_slave
Is that correct? If not, how does it look like?
Thanks!
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