On Fri, 10 Nov 2023 00:43:55 +0000 Long Li wrote: > The code above needs to work with and without netvsc (the possible > master device) present. I don't think that's a reasonable requirement for the kernel code. The auto-bonding already puts the kernel into business of guessing policy, which frankly we shouldn't be in. Having the kernel guess even harder that there will be a master, but it's not there yet, is not reasonable.