netdev - Re: cross namespace interface notification for tun devices

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Date:   Tue, 19 Sep 2017 03:24:05 +0200
From:   "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
To:     Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Mathias <mathias@...l-andersen.dk>
Subject: Re: cross namespace interface notification for tun devices

On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 8:47 PM, Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@...c4.com> wrote:
> The best I've come up with is, in a sleep loop, writing to the tun
> device's fd something with a NULL or invalid payload. If the interface
> is down, the kernel returns -EIO. If the interface is up, the kernel
> returns -EINVAL. This seems to be a reliable distinguisher, but is a
> pretty insane way of doing it. And sleep loops are somewhat different
> from events too.

Specifically, I'm referring to the horrific hack exemplified in the
attached .c file, in case anybody is curious about the details of what
I'd rather not use.

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