netdev - Re: [patch net-next] vlan: Don't allow vlan devices to change network namespaces.

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Message-ID: <5359066D.2010206@huawei.com>
Date:	Thu, 24 Apr 2014 20:41:17 +0800
From:	chenweilong <chenweilong@...wei.com>
To:	Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@...e.cz>
CC:	<nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	<kaber@...sh.net>, <davem@...emloft.net>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch net-next] vlan: Don't allow vlan devices to change network
 namespaces.

On 2014/4/24 19:32, chenweilong wrote:
> On 2014/4/24 13:47, Michal Kubecek wrote:
>> On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 08:59:51AM +0800, chenweilong wrote:
>>> On 2014/4/23 15:23, Nicolas Dichtel wrote:
>>>> Le 23/04/2014 04:40, chenweilong a écrit :
>>>>> And, 2) is not safe, if someone forgets to move eth1, eth1.5 will not work, making
>>>>> things complex.
>>>> We have to fix this case, because it is a valid use case to have eth1.5 in net0
>>>> and eth1 in another ns.
>>>>
>>> eth1.5 can receive and send packets in net0, the problem is you can't add a new eth1.5
>>> in old ns, report 'error: File exists'.
>>
>> And this is correct, as far as I can tell. If it was possible, which of
>> the two interfaces would receive VLAN tagged packets with VID 5 coming
>> to eth1?
>>
>>                                                          Michal Kubecek
>>
>>
>>
> If eth1 and eth1.5 can work in different ns,
> my fist test(move eth1 first,and then eth1.5) should be success,
> but it failed, if eth1 was moved to other ns, all related vlans were unregisted.
> Strangely, if I move eth1.5 to net0, then move eth1 to net0, and then
> move eth1 to net1, eth1.5 is still there!
> It is a bug?
Find at last it's a behavior of SUSE's udevd , not the kernel.
When move eth1 to net0, udevd call /sbin/ifdown to down eth1
and then ifdown eth1.5, and then ifdown-802.1q eth1.5 and then
vconfig rem eth1.5!

Thanks everybody!
> 
> I agree with you there should be one interface tagged with VID 5 in the system.
> But I think the network namespaces are independent, vlan port and its VID interfaces
> spread in different ns break the rule.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
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