netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: initialize net->net

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Message-ID: <CACAyw9-y4kUKgvCvjLPf-JJjFBk_f348OX+Mr2LVdRXq05Kojw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 11 Feb 2021 11:31:52 +0000
From:   Lorenz Bauer <lmb@...udflare.com>
To:     Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: initialize net->net_cookie at netns setup

On Wed, 10 Feb 2021 at 14:41, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:
>
> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
>
> It is simpler to make net->net_cookie a plain u64
> written once in setup_net() instead of looping
> and using atomic64 helpers.
>
> Lorenz Bauer wants to add SO_NETNS_COOKIE socket option
> and this patch would makes his patch series simpler.

This is nice, thank you!

Tested-by: Lorenz Bauer <lmb@...udflare.com>

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