linux-kernel - Re: namespace support requires network modules to say "GPL"

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Message-ID: <4751F380.7040309@rtr.ca>
Date:	Sat, 01 Dec 2007 18:51:28 -0500
From:	Mark Lord <lkml@....ca>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>,
	Linux Containers <containers@...ts.osdl.org>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, cornelia.huck@...ibm.com,
	stern@...land.harvard.edu, kay.sievers@...y.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: namespace support requires network modules to say "GPL"

Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Mark Lord <lkml@....ca> writes:
> 
>> Arjan van de Ven wrote:
>>> On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:21:12 -0500
>>> Mark Lord <lkml@....ca> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>>>>> Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org> writes:
>>>>> Sure.  We keep the updated dev_get_by_XXXX that takes a network
>>>>> namespace parameter.
>>>> ..
>>>>
>>>> And what should code be passing in when "# CONFIG_NET_NS is not set" ?
>>> network drivers probably really really don't want to call
>>> dev_get_by_XXX...
>> ..
>>
>> Fine.  But all of them want to call sk_alloc(),
> 
> network drivers should be calling sk_alloc less then they should
> call dev_get_by_XXXX.  Only protocols call sk_alloc.
..

I think I saw some bridge code that calls it, too.
Regardless, it's EXPORT_SYMBOL(), but now unusable
due to the GPL-only symbol "init_net".

Meanwhile, you are avoiding answering the question:

>>>> And what should code be passing in when "# CONFIG_NET_NS is not set" ?
..

>> and many want to do register_netdev().
> 
> I haven't even touched register_netdev.
..

Bull-pucky.  Somebody did:

> @@ -3361,6 +3595,8 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev)
> 
>         /* When net_device's are persistent, this will be fatal. */
>         BUG_ON(dev->reg_state != NETREG_UNINITIALIZED);
> +       BUG_ON(!dev->nd_net);
> +       net = dev->nd_net;
> 
>         spin_lock_init(&dev->queue_lock);
>         spin_lock_init(&dev->_xmit_lock);
..

That new BUG_ON() line complains if nd_net has not been initialized,
and the only thing I see drivers putting there is GPL-only "&init_net".

>> So what should they be using there ?
> 
> What are you having problems with?
..

Avoiding the question again there, too.

I personally am not having problems with anything.
But I noticed the API change, and would like somebody to fix it.
Any of the three ways (or a fourth, if you've got one) might do.

Cheers
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