Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:47:19 -0700 (PDT) | Subject | Re: [PATCH 7/8] netns: Enable tagging for net_class directories in sysfs | From | David Miller <> |
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From: ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:39:13 -0700
> > The problem. Network devices show up in sysfs and with the network > namespace active multiple devices with the same name can show up in > the same directory, ouch! > > To avoid that problem and allow existing applications in network namespaces > to see the same interface that is currently presented in sysfs, this > patch enables the tagging directory support in sysfs. > > By using the network namespace pointers as tags to separate out the > the sysfs directory entries we ensure that we don't have conflicts > in the directories and applications only see a limited set of > the network devices. > > Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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