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Subject: Re: How to prevent KNI interface from getting deleted on
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Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2015 09:46:24 -0700
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On Wed, 8 Jul 2015 23:36:52 -0700
Gopakumar Choorakkot Edakkunni <gopakumar.c.e@gmail.com> wrote:

> Reading through the KNI module source, doesnt look like there is a way
> to do this. For my requirement, I will make some patch tomorrow to
> have a module option to just keep the KNI data structures around even
> if /dev/kni is closed, looks straightforward to do from the code


I don't think it is that simple given the shared ring in KNI