From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Vlad Yasevich 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 Message-ID: <516C570B.2000901@redhat.com> References: <1366052997-12435-1-git-send-email-vyasevic@redhat.com> <1366052997-12435-2-git-send-email-vyasevic@redhat.com> <20130415.153628.1799560140670027402.davem@davemloft.net> Reply-To: vyasevic@redhat.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, jiri@resnulli.us To: David Miller Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:48875 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752989Ab3DOThv (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:37:51 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20130415.153628.1799560140670027402.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 04/15/2013 03:36 PM, David Miller wrote: > From: Vlad Yasevich > 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 >> Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich > > 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