From: Beniamino Galvani <bgalv...@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 18:25:08 +0200
> Commit e826eafa65c6 ("bonding: Call netif_carrier_off after
> register_netdevice") moved netif_carrier_off() from bond_init() to
> bond_create(), but the latter is called only for initial default
> devices and ones created through sysfs:
>
> $ modprobe bonding
> $ echo +bond1 > /sys/class/net/bonding_masters
> $ ip link add bond2 type bond
> $ grep "MII Status" /proc/net/bonding/*
> /proc/net/bonding/bond0:MII Status: down
> /proc/net/bonding/bond1:MII Status: down
> /proc/net/bonding/bond2:MII Status: up
>
> Ensure that carrier is initially off also for devices created through
> netlink.
>
> Signed-off-by: Beniamino Galvani <bgalv...@redhat.com>
Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.
