Re: [PATCH 1/2] bonding: exposure option coupled_control via sysfs

From: Jay Vosburgh
Date: Mon Jul 07 2025 - 11:11:58 EST


Wanchuan Li <gnblao@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Allow get/set of bonding parameter coupled_control
>via sysfs.
>
>Signed-off-by: Wanchuan Li <liwanchuan@xxxxxxxxxx>

No to both of these patches.

For patch 1, the bonding sysfs API is deprecated, and should not
be extended to add new functionality. All bonding functionality is
available via netlink and iproute2 (/sbin/ip).

For patch 2, new module parameters are disallowed in general.

-J

>---
> drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c | 13 +++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
>
>diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
>index 1e13bb170515..5a8450b2269d 100644
>--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
>+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
>@@ -479,6 +479,18 @@ static ssize_t bonding_show_carrier(struct device *d,
> static DEVICE_ATTR(use_carrier, 0644,
> bonding_show_carrier, bonding_sysfs_store_option);
>
>+/* Show the coupled_control flag. */
>+static ssize_t bonding_show_coupled_control(struct device *d,
>+ struct device_attribute *attr,
>+ char *buf)
>+{
>+ struct bonding *bond = to_bond(d);
>+
>+ return sysfs_emit(buf, "%d\n", bond->params.coupled_control);
>+}
>+static DEVICE_ATTR(coupled_control, 0644,
>+ bonding_show_coupled_control, bonding_sysfs_store_option);
>+
>
> /* Show currently active_slave. */
> static ssize_t bonding_show_active_slave(struct device *d,
>@@ -791,6 +803,7 @@ static struct attribute *per_bond_attrs[] = {
> &dev_attr_ad_actor_system.attr,
> &dev_attr_ad_user_port_key.attr,
> &dev_attr_arp_missed_max.attr,
>+ &dev_attr_coupled_control.attr,
> NULL,
> };
>
>--
>2.49.0
>

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-Jay Vosburgh, jv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx