netdev - Re: Fw: [Bug 66691] New: iproute2: macvlan: Wrong root device shown if in different netns

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Message-ID: <20131209080200.GC5355@unicorn.suse.cz>
Date:	Mon, 9 Dec 2013 09:02:00 +0100
From:	Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@...e.cz>
To:	Kevin Wilson <wkevils@...il.com>
Cc:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Fw: [Bug 66691] New: iproute2: macvlan: Wrong root device shown
 if in different netns

On Sat, Dec 07, 2013 at 11:18:52AM +0200, Kevin Wilson wrote:
> Shouldn't the macvlan be network nsmespace local device, like the vlan
> and VXLAN device (which have NETIF_F_NETNS set)?
> When a nework device has the NETIF_F_NETNS flag set, it cannot be
> moved from one network namespace to another.

I don't think so. A setup where a macvlan is in a different namespace is
used quite often, e.g. to provide a network device to an LXC container.

                                                          Michal Kubecek

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