netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] macvlan: Support creating macvtaps from macvlans

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Message-Id: <20131205.195933.1470416409498837252.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 05 Dec 2013 19:59:33 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	kevin@...tabarf.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, mkubecek@...e.cz
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] macvlan: Support creating macvtaps from macvlans

From: Kevin Wallace <kevin@...tabarf.net>
Date: Tue,  3 Dec 2013 02:55:22 -0800

> When running in a network namespace whose only link to the outside
> world is a macvlan device, not being able to create a macvtap off of
> it is a real pain.
> 
> So modify macvtap creation to automatically forward a creation of a
> macvtap on a macvlan to become a creation of a macvtap on the
> underlying network device, just like is currently done with
> macvlan-on-macvlan devices.
> 
> v2: Use netif_is_macvlan and macvlan_dev_real_dev helpers to make it
>     more clear what we're doing.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Wallace <kevin@...tabarf.net>

Applied to net-next, thanks.
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