From: Daniel Lezcano <dlezcano-NmTC/0ZBporQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages-gM/Ye1E23mwN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul-GEFAQzZX7r8dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>,
David Miller <davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>,
"Eric W. Biederman"
<ebiederm-aS9lmoZGLiVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>,
lkml <linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
Subrata Modak
<subrata-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>,
Stephen Hemminger
<shemminger-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>,
adobriyan-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org,
Patrick McHardy <kaber-dcUjhNyLwpNeoWH0uzbU5w@public.gmane.org>,
den-GEFAQzZX7r8dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: Current state of Network Namespaces (NETNS, CLONE_NEWNET)?
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:54:36 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <492517BC.3050205@fr.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <492489D1.5080502-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Michael Kerrisk wrote:
> Sorry for the shotgun mail, but in the end, it's
> not clear who can best answer my question(s).
>
> I'm currently trying to add documentation of all of
> the undocumented CLONE_* flags. One of these is
> CLONE_NEWNET, and I could use (quite a lot of) help.
>
> My questions:
>
> What is the current state of the network namespace
> implementation? Is it complete?
It is not complete but mostly usable for ipv4 and ipv6.
There is a network namespace status I filled at:
http://lxc.sourceforge.net/network/status.php
It should be up-to-date.
> What objects are considered part of the network
> namespace, and therefore distinct for a new network
> namespace?
The network namespace brings isolation from the layer-2 to upper layers.
> Is there any documentation for network namespaces
> already?
http://lxc.sourceforge.net/network.php
http://lxc.sourceforge.net/doc/sigops/appcr.pdf
> Are there any test programs for network namespaces?
http://sourceforge.net/projects/lxc/
follow the README page. It is still in development but mainly usable -
any feedbacks are welcome :)
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From: Daniel Lezcano <dlezcano@fr.ibm.com>
To: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@googlemail.com>
Cc: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org>,
David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>,
lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-man@vger.kernel.org,
Subrata Modak <subrata@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>,
adobriyan@gmail.com, Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>,
den@openvz.org
Subject: Re: Current state of Network Namespaces (NETNS, CLONE_NEWNET)?
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:54:36 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <492517BC.3050205@fr.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <492489D1.5080502@gmail.com>
Michael Kerrisk wrote:
> Sorry for the shotgun mail, but in the end, it's
> not clear who can best answer my question(s).
>
> I'm currently trying to add documentation of all of
> the undocumented CLONE_* flags. One of these is
> CLONE_NEWNET, and I could use (quite a lot of) help.
>
> My questions:
>
> What is the current state of the network namespace
> implementation? Is it complete?
It is not complete but mostly usable for ipv4 and ipv6.
There is a network namespace status I filled at:
http://lxc.sourceforge.net/network/status.php
It should be up-to-date.
> What objects are considered part of the network
> namespace, and therefore distinct for a new network
> namespace?
The network namespace brings isolation from the layer-2 to upper layers.
> Is there any documentation for network namespaces
> already?
http://lxc.sourceforge.net/network.php
http://lxc.sourceforge.net/doc/sigops/appcr.pdf
> Are there any test programs for network namespaces?
http://sourceforge.net/projects/lxc/
follow the README page. It is still in development but mainly usable -
any feedbacks are welcome :)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-11-20 7:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-11-19 21:49 Current state of Network Namespaces (NETNS, CLONE_NEWNET)? Michael Kerrisk
2008-11-19 21:49 ` Michael Kerrisk
[not found] ` <492489D1.5080502-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2008-11-20 1:37 ` Eric W. Biederman
2008-11-20 1:37 ` Eric W. Biederman
[not found] ` <m1d4grfa8w.fsf-B27657KtZYmhTnVgQlOflh2eb7JE58TQ@public.gmane.org>
2008-11-20 2:50 ` Alexey Dobriyan
2008-11-20 2:50 ` Alexey Dobriyan
2008-11-20 7:54 ` Daniel Lezcano [this message]
2008-11-20 7:54 ` Daniel Lezcano
[not found] ` <492517BC.3050205-NmTC/0ZBporQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2008-11-20 8:04 ` Subrata Modak
2008-11-20 8:04 ` Subrata Modak
2008-11-20 18:20 ` CLONE_NEWNET documentation Michael Kerrisk
2008-11-20 18:20 ` Michael Kerrisk
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