netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 00/16] net: Pass net through the output path v2

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Date:	Thu, 8 Oct 2015 11:40:30 +0200
From:	Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org,
	lvs-devel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 00/16] net: Pass net through the output path v2

Le 07/10/2015 23:46, Eric W. Biederman a écrit :
>
> This is the next installment of my work to pass struct net through the
> output path so the code does not need to guess how to figure out which
> network namespace it is in, and ultimately routes can have output
> devices in another network namespace.
>
> The first patch in this series is a fix for a bug that came in when sk
> was passed through the functions in the output path, and as such is
> probably a candidate for net.  At the same time my later patches depend
> on it so sending the fix separately would be confusing.
>
> The second patch in this series is another fix that for an issue that
> came in when sk was passed through the output path.  I don't think it
> needs a backport as I don't think anyone uses the path where the code
> was incorrect.
>
> The rest of the patchset focuses on the path from xxx_local_out to
> dst_output and in the end succeeds in passing sock_net(sk) from the
> socket a packet locally originates on to the dst->output function.
LGTM.

Acked-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
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