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Message-ID: <20170130155753.4f3bb068@xeon-e3>
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 15:57:53 -0800
From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To: Theuns Verwoerd <theuns.verwoerd@...iedtelesis.co.nz>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, dsa@...ulusnetworks.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtnetlink: Handle IFLA_MASTER parameter when processing
rtnl_newlink
On Tue, 31 Jan 2017 12:23:46 +1300
Theuns Verwoerd <theuns.verwoerd@...iedtelesis.co.nz> wrote:
> Allow a master interface to be specified as one of the parameters when
> creating a new interface via rtnl_newlink. Previously this would
> require invoking interface creation, waiting for it to complete, and
> then separately binding that new interface to a master.
>
> In particular, this is used when creating a macvlan child interface for
> VRRP in a VRF configuration, allowing the interface creator to specify
> directly what master interface should be inherited by the child,
> without having to deal with asynchronous complications and potential
> race conditions.
>
> Signed-off-by: Theuns Verwoerd <theuns.verwoerd@...iedtelesis.co.nz>
Thanks it came through without modification by email client or server this time.
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