On Mon, 7 May 2018 15:10:44 -0700 Sridhar Samudrala <sridhar.samudrala@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > + if (netif_running(failover_dev)) { > + err = dev_open(slave_dev); > + if (err && (err != -EBUSY)) { > + netdev_err(failover_dev, "Opening slave %s failed err:%d\n", > + slave_dev->name, err); > + goto err_dev_open; > + } > + } > + > + netif_addr_lock_bh(failover_dev); > + dev_uc_sync_multiple(slave_dev, failover_dev); > + dev_uc_sync_multiple(slave_dev, failover_dev); > + netif_addr_unlock_bh(failover_dev); > + The order of these is backwards, you want to sync addresses before bringing up. Also, doing it this way does not allow udev/systemd the chance to rename VF devices. The complexity of this whole failover mechanism does not make life easier, more reliable, or safer for netvsc. I though that was the whole reason for having common code. _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization