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Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 18:38:39 -0800 From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com> To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>, "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Mahesh Bandewar <maheshb@...gle.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/4] ipv6: remove addrconf reliance on loopback On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 3:57 PM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote: > > On Thu, 10 Feb 2022 13:42:27 -0800 Eric Dumazet wrote: > > Second patch in this series removes IPv6 requirement about the netns > > loopback device being the last device being dismantled. > > Great! > > > This was needed because rt6_uncached_list_flush_dev() > > and ip6_dst_ifdown() had to switch dst dev to a known > > device (loopback). > > > > Instead of loopback, we can use the (hidden) blackhole_netdev > > which is also always there. > > > > This will allow future simplfications of netdev_run_to() > > Should I take a stab at it, or is it on your todo list, anyway? I have not started this yet, I will be happy to review your patches, thanks !
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