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* [patch net-next 00/16] net: introduce upper device lists and remove dev->master
@ 2012-08-13 15:26 Jiri Pirko
  2012-08-13 15:27 ` [patch net-next 01/16] net: introduce upper device lists Jiri Pirko
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  0 siblings, 16 replies; 30+ messages in thread
From: Jiri Pirko @ 2012-08-13 15:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: netdev
  Cc: davem, edumazet, faisal.latif, roland, sean.hefty,
	hal.rosenstock, fubar, andy, divy, jitendra.kalsaria,
	sony.chacko, linux-driver, kaber, ursula.braun, blaschka,
	linux390, shemminger, bhutchings, therbert, xiyou.wangcong, joe,
	gregory.v.rose, john.r.fastabend, linux-rdma, linux-kernel,
	linux-s390, bridge, fbl

Hi all.

Recent discussion around
"[net-next] bonding: don't allow the master to become its slave"
forced me to think about upper<->lower device connections.

This patchset adds a possibility to record upper device linkage.
All upper<->lower devices are converted to use this mechanism right after.
That leads to dev->master removal because this info becomes redundant since
"unique links" have the same value.

After all changes, there is no longer possible to do:
"bond->someotherdevice->samebond"

Also I think that drivers like cxgb3, qlcnic, qeth would benefit by this
in future by being able to get more appropriate info about l3 addresses.

Jiri Pirko (16):
  net: introduce upper device lists
  macvlan: add link to upper device
  vlan: add link to upper device
  rtnetlink: remove usage of dev->master
  team: remove usage of netdev_set_master()
  bridge: remove usage of netdev_set_master()
  netpoll: remove usage of dev->master
  cxgb3: remove usage of dev->master
  qlcnic: guard __vlan_find_dev_deep() by rcu_read_lock
  qeth: ensure that __vlan_find_dev_deep() is called with rcu_read_lock
  vlan: remove usage of dev->master in __vlan_find_dev_deep()
  nes: remove usage of dev->master
  bonding: remove usage of dev->master
  net: remove no longer used netdev_set_bond_master() and
    netdev_set_master()
  net: remove usage of dev->master
  net: kill dev->master

 drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes.c                    |    8 +-
 drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_cm.c                 |    2 +-
 drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c                     |   30 +--
 drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c                     |    6 +-
 drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c                    |   94 ++++----
 drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h                      |   14 +-
 drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/cxgb3_offload.c |   11 +-
 drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c   |    2 +
 drivers/net/macvlan.c                              |    9 +-
 drivers/net/team/team.c                            |   13 +-
 drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c                    |   21 +-
 include/linux/netdevice.h                          |   22 +-
 net/8021q/vlan.c                                   |   10 +-
 net/8021q/vlan_core.c                              |   18 +-
 net/bridge/br_if.c                                 |    6 +-
 net/core/dev.c                                     |  241 +++++++++++++++++---
 net/core/netpoll.c                                 |    8 +-
 net/core/rtnetlink.c                               |   45 ++--
 18 files changed, 392 insertions(+), 168 deletions(-)

-- 
1.7.10.4


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2012-08-13 15:26 [patch net-next 00/16] net: introduce upper device lists and remove dev->master Jiri Pirko
2012-08-13 15:27 ` [patch net-next 01/16] net: introduce upper device lists Jiri Pirko
2012-08-13 17:04   ` Ben Hutchings
2012-08-13 17:31     ` Jiri Pirko
2012-08-15 20:33       ` Nicolas de Pesloüan
2012-08-13 17:52   ` Flavio Leitner
2012-08-14 12:24     ` Jiri Pirko
2012-08-14 13:14       ` Flavio Leitner
2012-08-14 13:35         ` Jiri Pirko
2012-08-14  9:02   ` Cong Wang
2012-08-14 10:18     ` Jiri Pirko
2012-08-13 15:27 ` [patch net-next 02/16] macvlan: add link to upper device Jiri Pirko
2012-08-13 15:27 ` [patch net-next 03/16] vlan: " Jiri Pirko
2012-08-13 19:04   ` Flavio Leitner
2012-08-14  7:24     ` Jiri Pirko
2012-08-13 15:27 ` [patch net-next 04/16] rtnetlink: remove usage of dev->master Jiri Pirko
2012-08-13 15:27 ` [patch net-next 05/16] team: remove usage of netdev_set_master() Jiri Pirko
2012-08-13 15:27 ` [patch net-next 06/16] bridge: " Jiri Pirko
2012-08-13 15:27 ` [patch net-next 07/16] netpoll: remove usage of dev->master Jiri Pirko
2012-08-13 15:27 ` [patch net-next 08/16] cxgb3: " Jiri Pirko
2012-08-13 15:27 ` [patch net-next 09/16] qlcnic: guard __vlan_find_dev_deep() by rcu_read_lock Jiri Pirko
2012-08-13 15:27 ` [patch net-next 10/16] qeth: ensure that __vlan_find_dev_deep() is called with rcu_read_lock Jiri Pirko
2012-08-13 15:27 ` [patch net-next 11/16] vlan: remove usage of dev->master in __vlan_find_dev_deep() Jiri Pirko
2012-08-13 15:27 ` [patch net-next 12/16] nes: remove usage of dev->master Jiri Pirko
2012-08-13 15:27 ` [patch net-next 13/16] bonding: " Jiri Pirko
2012-08-13 15:27 ` [patch net-next 14/16] net: remove no longer used netdev_set_bond_master() and netdev_set_master() Jiri Pirko
2012-08-13 15:27 ` [patch net-next 15/16] net: remove usage of dev->master Jiri Pirko
2012-08-13 17:15   ` Ben Hutchings
2012-08-13 17:31     ` Jiri Pirko
2012-08-13 15:27 ` [patch net-next 16/16] net: kill dev->master Jiri Pirko

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