On 10/17/25 06:03, Hangbin Liu wrote:
> Currently, there is no straightforward way to obtain the master/slave
> relationship via netlink. Users have to retrieve all slaves through sysfs
> to determine these relationships.
> 

How about IFLA_MASTER? Why not use that?

> To address this, we can either list all slaves under the bond interface
> or display the master index in each slave. Since the number of slaves could
> be quite large (e.g., 100+), it is more efficient to show the master
> information in the slave entry.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hangbin Liu <[email protected]>
> ---
>  drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c | 4 ++++
>  include/uapi/linux/if_link.h       | 1 +
>  2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c 
> b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c
> index 286f11c517f7..ff3f11674a8b 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c
> @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ static size_t bond_get_slave_size(const struct net_device 
> *bond_dev,
>               nla_total_size(sizeof(u16)) +   /* 
> IFLA_BOND_SLAVE_AD_PARTNER_OPER_PORT_STATE */
>               nla_total_size(sizeof(s32)) +   /* IFLA_BOND_SLAVE_PRIO */
>               nla_total_size(sizeof(u16)) +   /* 
> IFLA_BOND_SLAVE_ACTOR_PORT_PRIO */
> +             nla_total_size(sizeof(u32)) +   /* IFLA_BOND_SLAVE_MASTER */
>               0;
>  }
>  
> @@ -38,6 +39,9 @@ static int bond_fill_slave_info(struct sk_buff *skb,
>  {
>       struct slave *slave = bond_slave_get_rtnl(slave_dev);
>  
> +     if (nla_put_u32(skb, IFLA_BOND_SLAVE_MASTER, bond_dev->ifindex))
> +             goto nla_put_failure;
> +
>       if (nla_put_u8(skb, IFLA_BOND_SLAVE_STATE, bond_slave_state(slave)))
>               goto nla_put_failure;
>  
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h b/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
> index 3b491d96e52e..bad41a1807f7 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
> @@ -1567,6 +1567,7 @@ enum {
>       IFLA_BOND_SLAVE_AD_PARTNER_OPER_PORT_STATE,
>       IFLA_BOND_SLAVE_PRIO,
>       IFLA_BOND_SLAVE_ACTOR_PORT_PRIO,
> +     IFLA_BOND_SLAVE_MASTER,
>       __IFLA_BOND_SLAVE_MAX,
>  };
>  


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