[NET]: Fix ifenslave to not fail on lack of IP information
authorNeil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
Tue, 22 Nov 2005 22:56:32 +0000 (14:56 -0800)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Tue, 22 Nov 2005 22:56:32 +0000 (14:56 -0800)
Patch to ifenslave so that under older ABI versions, a failure to propogate ip
information from master to slave does not result in a filure to enslave the
slave device.

Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Documentation/networking/ifenslave.c

index f315d20d3867066a17696d3c0aeb7a7cdd48270d..545447ac503a8ac0dee22df30d27654737675faa 100644 (file)
@@ -693,13 +693,7 @@ static int enslave(char *master_ifname, char *slave_ifname)
                /* Older bonding versions would panic if the slave has no IP
                 * address, so get the IP setting from the master.
                 */
-               res = set_if_addr(master_ifname, slave_ifname);
-               if (res) {
-                       fprintf(stderr,
-                               "Slave '%s': Error: set address failed\n",
-                               slave_ifname);
-                       return res;
-               }
+               set_if_addr(master_ifname, slave_ifname);
        } else {
                res = clear_if_addr(slave_ifname);
                if (res) {
@@ -1085,7 +1079,6 @@ static int set_if_addr(char *master_ifname, char *slave_ifname)
                                slave_ifname, ifra[i].req_name,
                                strerror(saved_errno));
 
-                       return res;
                }
 
                ipaddr = ifr.ifr_addr.sa_data;