[PATCH 1/2] net/bonding: add independent LACP sending function

Simon Horman simon.horman at corigine.com
Mon Feb 20 10:46:16 CET 2023


On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 11:47:27AM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Feb 2023 15:15:13 +0800
> Chaoyong He <chaoyong.he at corigine.com> wrote:
> 
> > +void
> > +rte_eth_bond_8023ad_lacp_send_one(void *queue)
> > +{
> > +     uint32_t i;
> > +     uint16_t slave_tx_count;
> > +     uint16_t active_slave_count;
> > +     uint16_t active_slave_ids[RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS];
> 
> Thinking ahead, all of bonding driver should remove the usage of the
> terms master and slave.  Perhaps you don't want to introduce new
> usages that will have to be fixed.
> 
> FYI - there is no usage of master/slave in any of the IEEE standards,
> or operating systems other than Linux.

Thanks Stephen,

could we agree on alternative language?


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