netdev - Re: [patch net-next v2 1/3] net: devlink: allow to change namespaces

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Message-ID: <20190806180707.GC2332@nanopsycho.orion>
Date:   Tue, 6 Aug 2019 20:07:07 +0200
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Cc:     Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
        sthemmin@...rosoft.com, mlxsw@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next v2 1/3] net: devlink: allow to change namespaces

Tue, Aug 06, 2019 at 07:55:30PM CEST, dsahern@...il.com wrote:
>On 8/6/19 11:53 AM, Jiri Pirko wrote:
>> Let's figure out the devlink-controlling-kernel-resources thread first.
>> What you describe here is exactly that.
>
>as I mentioned on the phone, any outcome of that thread will be in 5.4
>at best. Meanwhile this breakage in 5.2 and 5.3 needs to be fixed.

Why? netdevsim is a dummy device, the purpose of existence is to test
kernel api. No real harm breaking it.