3.16.42-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Beniamino Galvani <bgalvani@xxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 005db31d5f5f7c31cfdc43505d77eb3ca5cf8ec6 ] Commit e826eafa65c6 ("bonding: Call netif_carrier_off after register_netdevice") moved netif_carrier_off() from bond_init() to bond_create(), but the latter is called only for initial default devices and ones created through sysfs: $ modprobe bonding $ echo +bond1 > /sys/class/net/bonding_masters $ ip link add bond2 type bond $ grep "MII Status" /proc/net/bonding/* /proc/net/bonding/bond0:MII Status: down /proc/net/bonding/bond1:MII Status: down /proc/net/bonding/bond2:MII Status: up Ensure that carrier is initially off also for devices created through netlink. Signed-off-by: Beniamino Galvani <bgalvani@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c +++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c @@ -365,7 +365,11 @@ static int bond_newlink(struct net *src_ if (err < 0) return err; - return register_netdevice(bond_dev); + err = register_netdevice(bond_dev); + + netif_carrier_off(bond_dev); + + return err; } static size_t bond_get_size(const struct net_device *bond_dev)