linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH net-next v2 0/5] netns: allow to identify peer netns

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Message-ID: <5425D2F0.2050207@gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 26 Sep 2014 14:56:16 -0600
From:	David Ahern <lxhacker68@...il.com>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
CC:	nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com, Cong Wang <cwang@...pensource.com>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-api@...r.kernel.org, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next v2 0/5] netns: allow to identify peer netns

On 9/26/14, 2:45 PM, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Ah.  You are talking about a system with 2k namespaces and 20-50
> services providing services in all 2k namespaces. Something completely
> different than the case of quagga you mentioned earlier.

Not at all. The earlier quagga example was a starting point on the 
bigger topic -- inefficiencies of namespaces as VRFs. In all of the 
products I have worked on there is always more than 1 service running on 
the system.

> But again this has nothing do with the peer netns work.  So if you have
> something practical to contribute please start a new thread.

Sure, I'll start a new thread.

Thanks,
David
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