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> diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c index 238b56d77c36..aebeb46e6fa6 100644 --- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c @@ -2379,10 +2379,9 @@ static int __bond_release_one(struct net_device *bond_dev, 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();