netdev - Re: [Devel] Re: [RFD] L2 Network namespace infrastructure

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Message-ID: <4682780D.1060303@trash.net>
Date:	Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:45:33 +0200
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	Kirill Korotaev <dev@...ru>
CC:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, jamal <hadi@...erus.ca>,
	Linux Containers <containers@...ts.osdl.org>,
	Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [Devel] Re: [RFD] L2 Network namespace infrastructure

Kirill Korotaev wrote:
> Patrick McHardy wrote:
>   
>>
>>
>> I believe OpenVZ stores the current namespace somewhere global,
>> which avoids passing the namespace around. Couldn't you do this
>> as well?
>>     
>
> yes, we store a global namespace context on current
> (can be stored in per-cpu as well).
>
> do you prefer this way?

I'm not sure, it would avoid passing it around everywhere, but I'd
expect it to be harder to review because you can't simply follow it
as it gets passed around.


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