Re: [net-next PATCH] net: rtnetlink: Enslave device before bringing it up

[Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>]

Hi David,

On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 02:26:15PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
> Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 15:51:20 +0200
> 
> > Unlike with bridges, one can't add an interface to a bond and set it up
> > at the same time:
> > 
> > | # ip link set dummy0 down
> > | # ip link set dummy0 master bond0 up
> > | Error: Device can not be enslaved while up.
> > 
> > Of all drivers with ndo_add_slave callback, bond and team decline if
> > IFF_UP flag is set, vrf cycles the interface (i.e., sets it down and
> > immediately up again) and the others just don't care.
> > 
> > Support the common notion of setting the interface up after enslaving it
> > by sorting the operations accordingly.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
> 
> What about other flags like IFF_PROMISCUITY?

Crap, that's the crux: Upon enslaving, team driver propagates
IFF_PROMISC and IFF_ALLMULTI flags from master to slave. With my change,
these propagations roll back by accident. So please disregard this
patch, I'll have to find a different solution.

Thanks, Phil