netdev - Re: [Patch net] macvlan: add NETIF_F_NETNS

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Message-ID: <20140211014535.GA11150@order.stressinduktion.org>
Date:	Tue, 11 Feb 2014 02:45:35 +0100
From:	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
To:	Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Cong Wang <cwang@...pensource.com>
Subject: Re: [Patch net] macvlan: add NETIF_F_NETNS_LOCAL flag

On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 05:36:33PM -0800, Cong Wang wrote:
> From: Cong Wang <cwang@...pensource.com>
> 
> BZ: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66691
> 
> There is no point to allow moving a macvlan device to
> another namespace while the lower device is still in
> this namespace. tunnels already set this flag.

Can't we solve this somehow differently, like not showing anything at all
etc.? I guess this is a feature some people use and haven't noticed yet.

Greetings,

  Hannes

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