On Mon,  7 May 2018 15:10:44 -0700
Sridhar Samudrala <sridhar.samudr...@intel.com> wrote:

> +     if (netif_running(failover_dev)) {
> +             err = dev_open(slave_dev);
> +             if (err && (err != -EBUSY)) {
> +                     netdev_err(failover_dev, "Opening slave %s failed 
> err:%d\n",
> +                                slave_dev->name, err);
> +                     goto err_dev_open;
> +             }
> +     }
> +
> +     netif_addr_lock_bh(failover_dev);
> +     dev_uc_sync_multiple(slave_dev, failover_dev);
> +     dev_uc_sync_multiple(slave_dev, failover_dev);
> +     netif_addr_unlock_bh(failover_dev);
> +

The order of these is backwards, you want to sync addresses before bringing up.
Also, doing it this way does not allow udev/systemd the chance to rename VF 
devices.

The complexity of this whole failover mechanism does not make life easier,
more reliable, or safer for netvsc. I though that was the whole reason for 
having
common code.
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