From: Zhang Changzhong <zhangchangzhong@xxxxxxxxxx> commit a6ab75cec1e461f8a35559054c146c21428430b8 upstream. In __bond_release_one(), bond_set_carrier() is only called when bond device has no slave. Therefore, if we remove the up slave from a master with two slaves and keep the down slave, the master will remain up. Fix this by moving bond_set_carrier() out of if (!bond_has_slaves(bond)) statement. Reproducer: $ insmod bonding.ko mode=0 miimon=100 max_bonds=2 $ ifconfig bond0 up $ ifenslave bond0 eth0 eth1 $ ifconfig eth0 down $ ifenslave -d bond0 eth1 $ cat /proc/net/bonding/bond0 Fixes: ff59c4563a8d ("[PATCH] bonding: support carrier state for master") Signed-off-by: Zhang Changzhong <zhangchangzhong@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Jay Vosburgh <jay.vosburgh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1645021088-38370-1-git-send-email-zhangchangzhong@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c @@ -1979,10 +1979,9 @@ static int __bond_release_one(struct net bond_select_active_slave(bond); } - if (!bond_has_slaves(bond)) { - bond_set_carrier(bond); + bond_set_carrier(bond); + if (!bond_has_slaves(bond)) eth_hw_addr_random(bond_dev); - } unblock_netpoll_tx(); synchronize_rcu(); Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from zhangchangzhong@xxxxxxxxxx are queue-5.4/bonding-force-carrier-update-when-releasing-slave.patch