netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/5] rtnetlink: add IFA_IF_NETNSID for RTM

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Date:   Sat, 1 Sep 2018 20:47:05 +0200
From:   Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...onical.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com, ktkhai@...tuozzo.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org,
        pombredanne@...b.com, kstewart@...uxfoundation.org,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, dsahern@...il.com, fw@...len.de,
        lucien.xin@...il.com, jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com,
        jbenc@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/5] rtnetlink: add IFA_IF_NETNSID for
 RTM_GETADDR

On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 05:58:47PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
> Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2018 17:49:12 +0200
> 
> > Maybe I would choose a more generic name for the attribute,
> > something that can be used in other netlink families (xfrm,
> > netfilter, ...) also.  What about IFA_TARGET_NSID?
> 
> Agreed, let's at least try to think ahead about potential future
> uses :)

Sorry for the late reply. Yup, sounds good to me.
But maybe IFA_TARGET_NETNSID to indicate that we're talking network
namespaces here? Seems to me that NSID might give the wrong impression.
I'll send v1 soon. I expect tomorrow or sometime next week.

Thanks!
Christian

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