netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 net-next 2/2] bridge: remove NETIF_F_NETNS

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Message-ID: <877gnp73ir.fsf@xmission.com>
Date:	Mon, 07 Jan 2013 01:20:44 -0800
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	Rami Rosen <ramirose@...il.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, shemminger@...tta.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 net-next 2/2] bridge: remove NETIF_F_NETNS_LOCAL from bridge device features.

Rami Rosen <ramirose@...il.com> writes:

> There is no need for NETIF_F_NETNS_LOCAL for bridge device; this patch
> removes it.

At the very least add_del_if assumes are network devices are in the same
network namespace as the bridge.  So removing NETIF_F_NETNS_LOCAL is not
safe.

Eric
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