Re: [PATCH] RDMA/rxe: Add network namespace support

[Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>]

On Wed, Feb 25, 2026 at 01:07:12PM -0800, yanjun.zhu wrote:
> On 2/25/26 10:50 AM, David Ahern wrote:
> > On 2/25/26 11:14 AM, yanjun.zhu wrote:
> > > On 2/25/26 9:26 AM, David Ahern wrote:
> > > > Allow rxe to work across network namespaces by making the sockets
> > > > per namespace using net_generic. Defer socket initialization until
> > > > a device is created in the namespace.
> > > 
> > > https://github.com/zhuyj/linux/tree/upstream/6.14-net-namespace
> > > 
> > > Do you make tests with the above link?
> > 
> > no. I had no knowledge of that branch until this moment. It is almost 12
> > months old, so not sure the relevance if it is not being actively fixed
> > on top of tree.
> > 
> > > 
> > > Compared with the net namespace in the above link, what is the
> > > difference between this commit and the above link?
> > > 
> > 
> > no idea. This patch was in our tree at enfabrica dating back to 2021.
> > Someone started looking into automated tests with rxe, so I pulled it
> > from the tree, rebased to 7.0 and sent it out.
> > 
> 
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-rdma/cover/20230624073927.707915-1-yanjun.zhu@intel.com/
> 
> In the above link, there is some testcases for the link
> https://github.com/zhuyj/linux/tree/upstream/6.14-net-namespace.
> 
> I am wondering if this commit can pass all the testcases or not.

Zhu,

It is a bit unreasonable to expect a random RXE contributor to compare
against something that lives out‑of‑tree. Please feel free to pick up that
patch and run it through your tests.

Thanks

> 
> Thanks a lot.
> Zhu Yanjun
> 
>