netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] ppp: implement x-netns support

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Date:	Fri, 14 Aug 2015 10:51:31 +0200
From:	Guillaume Nault <g.nault@...halink.fr>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, paulus@...ba.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] ppp: implement x-netns support

On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 09:20:04PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: Guillaume Nault <g.nault@...halink.fr>
> Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 15:28:02 +0200
> 
> > This series allows PPP devices to reside in a different netns from the
> > PPP unit/channels. Packets only cross netns boundaries when they're
> > transmitted between the net_device and the PPP unit (units and channels
> > always remain in their creation namespace).
> > So only PPP units need to handle cross namespace operations. Channels
> > and lower layer protocols aren't affected.
> > 
> > Patch #1 is a bug fix for an existing namespace deletion bug and has
> > been separetly sent to net.
> > Patch #2 is the actual x-netns implementation.
> 
> Patch #1 needs to be respun with the change I requested.
> 
Ok, done.

> And this is not the way to submit things that have dependencies
> upon bug fixes.
> 
Will do. I was actually unsure about how to handle this case.

Thanks.
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