netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] ppp: implement x-netns support

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Date:	Tue, 25 Aug 2015 14:11:51 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	g.nault@...halink.fr
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, paulus@...ba.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] ppp: implement x-netns support

From: Guillaume Nault <g.nault@...halink.fr>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2015 11:35:30 +0200

> Let packets move from one netns to the other at PPP encapsulation and
> decapsulation time.
> 
> PPP units and channels remain in the netns in which they were
> originally created. Only the net_device may move to a different
> namespace. Cross netns handling is thus transparent to lower PPP
> layers (PPPoE, L2TP, etc.).
> 
> PPP devices are automatically unregistered when their netns gets
> removed. So read() and poll() on the unit file descriptor will
> respectively receive EOF and POLLHUP. Channels aren't affected.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Guillaume Nault <g.nault@...halink.fr>
> ---
> v2: rebase on top of net-next

Applied, thank you.
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