[Bridge] [v5 Patch 1/3] netpoll: add generic support for bridge and bonding devices

[Cong Wang]

On 06/01/10 03:08, Flavio Leitner wrote:
> On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 01:56:52PM +0800, Cong Wang wrote:
>> Hi, Flavio,
>>
>> Please use the attached patch instead, try to see if it solves
>> all your problems.
>
> I tried and it hangs. No backtraces this time.
> The bond_change_active_slave() prints before NETDEV_BONDING_FAILOVER
> notification, so I think it won't work.

Ah, I thought the same.

>
> Please, correct if I'm wrong, but when a failover happens with your
> patch applied, the netconsole would be disabled forever even with
> another healthy slave, right?
>

Yes, this is an easy solution, because bonding has several modes,
it is complex to make netpoll work in different modes.

Would you like to test the following patch?

Thanks much!

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