netdev - Re: [PATCH] net/mlx5e: Allow removing representors netdev to other namespace

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Message-ID: <CAJ3xEMj43wFacxR1bfqG8B0yVPiPyCh=DT5S3TojV8S8ZHaDsA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 22 May 2019 07:49:13 +0300
From:   Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@...il.com>
To:     Tonghao Zhang <xiangxia.m.yue@...il.com>
Cc:     Roi Dayan <roid@...lanox.com>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>,
        Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/mlx5e: Allow removing representors netdev to other namespace

On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 4:26 AM Tonghao Zhang <xiangxia.m.yue@...il.com> wrote:

> I review the reps of netronome nfp codes,  nfp does't set the
> NETIF_F_NETNS_LOCAL to netdev->features.
> And I changed the OFED codes which used for our product environment,
> and then send this patch to upstream.

The real question here is if we can provide the required separation when
vport rep netdevs are put into different name-spaces -- this needs deeper
thinking. Technically you can do that with this one liner patch but we have
to see if/what assumptions could be broken as of that.