From: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@redhat.com>
To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, jiri@resnulli.us
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: add dev_uc_sync_multiple() and dev_mc_sync_multiple() api
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:37:47 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <516C570B.2000901@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130415.153628.1799560140670027402.davem@davemloft.net>
On 04/15/2013 03:36 PM, David Miller wrote:
> From: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@redhat.com>
> Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:09:56 -0400
>
>> The current implementation of dev_uc_sync/unsync() assumes that there is
>> a strict 1-to-1 relationship between the source and destination of the case.
>> This is not always the case. Some virtual devices aggreated a number
>> of lower devices and need to sync the address to all of them. The current
>> API falls short there.
>>
>> This patch introduces a new dev_uc_sync_multiple() api that can be called
>> in the above circumstances and allows sync to work for every invocation.
>>
>> CC: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
>> Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@redhat.com>
>
> Did patch #2 get killed by a cosmic ray? :-)
>
> I didn't see it get posted yet.
>
I got a CC copy. I'll let float for a few more minutes. If it doesn't
arrive, I'll resend it.
-vlad
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-04-15 19:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-04-15 19:09 [PATCH 0/2] Add suppport for sync of hw addresses to multiple devices Vlad Yasevich
2013-04-15 19:09 ` [PATCH 1/2] net: add dev_uc_sync_multiple() and dev_mc_sync_multiple() api Vlad Yasevich
2013-04-15 19:36 ` David Miller
2013-04-15 19:37 ` Vlad Yasevich [this message]
2013-04-15 19:44 ` David Miller
2013-04-15 19:48 ` Vlad Yasevich
2013-04-15 19:09 ` [PATCH 2/2] team: Use new sync_multiple api to sync devices adressess Vlad Yasevich
2013-04-15 19:45 ` David Miller
2013-04-15 19:49 ` Vlad Yasevich
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