netdev - Re: [PATCH] veth: Showing peer of veth type dev in ip link (kernel side)

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Date:	Fri, 04 Oct 2013 17:21:33 +0200
From:	Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
To:	Masatake YAMATO <yamato@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] veth: Showing peer of veth type dev in ip link (kernel
 side)

Le 04/10/2013 06:05, Masatake YAMATO a écrit :
> ip link has ability to show extra information of net work device if
> kernel provides sunh information. With this patch veth driver can
> provide its peer ifindex information to ip command via netlink
> interface.
But the ifindex can be interpreted only when you know the related netns and
veth peer is probably in another netns.
How to found the netdevice in userland in this case?
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