netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 4/6] rtnetlink: Decouple net namespaces in rtnl_newlink

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Message-ID: <20241115153526.3582ebcd@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 15:35:26 -0800
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Xiao Liang <shaw.leon@...il.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, Kuniyuki
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 4/6] rtnetlink: Decouple net namespaces in
 rtnl_newlink_create()

On Wed, 13 Nov 2024 20:57:13 +0800 Xiao Liang wrote:
> +/**
> + *	struct rtnl_link_nets - net namespace context of newlink.
> + *
> + *	@src_net: Source netns of rtnetlink socket
> + *	@link_net: Link netns by IFLA_LINK_NETNSID, NULL if not specified.
> + */
> +struct rtnl_link_nets {
> +	struct net *src_net;
> +	struct net *link_net;
> +};

Let's not limit ourselves to passing just netns via this struct.
Let's call it rtnl_newlink_args or params.

The first patch of the series got merged independently so you'll
need to respin.
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