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| author | Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> | 2007-09-12 13:53:49 +0200 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net> | 2007-10-10 16:49:12 -0700 |
| commit | ce286d327341295f58d89864d746a524287cfdf9 (patch) | |
| tree | ee7241e7504333cc4cf647ede551248268f865c4 /drivers/net | |
| parent | b267b179648e46ea8e2a44f7314a23eb6aee1d6c (diff) | |
[NET]: Implement network device movement between namespaces
This patch introduces NETIF_F_NETNS_LOCAL a flag to indicate
a network device is local to a single network namespace and
should never be moved. Useful for pseudo devices that we
need an instance in each network namespace (like the loopback
device) and for any device we find that cannot handle multiple
network namespaces so we may trap them in the initial network
namespace.
This patch introduces the function dev_change_net_namespace
a function used to move a network device from one network
namespace to another. To the network device nothing
special appears to happen, to the components of the network
stack it appears as if the network device was unregistered
in the network namespace it is in, and a new device
was registered in the network namespace the device
was moved to.
This patch sets up a namespace device destructor that
upon the exit of a network namespace moves all of the
movable network devices to the initial network namespace
so they are not lost.
Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/loopback.c | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/loopback.c b/drivers/net/loopback.c index 5106c2328d1..e399f7b201e 100644 --- a/drivers/net/loopback.c +++ b/drivers/net/loopback.c @@ -222,7 +222,8 @@ struct net_device loopback_dev = { | NETIF_F_TSO #endif | NETIF_F_NO_CSUM | NETIF_F_HIGHDMA - | NETIF_F_LLTX, + | NETIF_F_LLTX + | NETIF_F_NETNS_LOCAL, .ethtool_ops = &loopback_ethtool_ops, }; |