netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH v3 00/17] Future-proof tunnel offload handlers

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Message-Id: <20160621.043431.177352816188322653.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 21 Jun 2016 04:34:31 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	hannes@...hat.com
Cc:	tom@...bertland.com, aduyck@...antis.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org, jesse@...nel.org,
	eugenia@...lanox.com, jbenc@...hat.com, alexander.duyck@...il.com,
	saeedm@...lanox.com, ariel.elior@...gic.com,
	michael.chan@...adcom.com, Dept-GELinuxNICDev@...gic.com
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v3 00/17] Future-proof tunnel offload handlers

From: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...hat.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2016 11:11:32 -0700

> I am not sure if this is necessary. The devices actually having the
> ndo-ops, used to configure offloading, should only be visible inside one
> namespace. If those ndo-ops actually have side effects on other
> namespaces, they violate the contract and should be removed from the
> driver. :/

This is most if not all drivers right now, to the best of my
understanding.