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Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 18:23:19 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net 2/3] net/mlx5e: Prevent entering switchdev mode with
 inconsistent netns
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On Mon, 8 Sep 2025 13:07:05 +0300 Tariq Toukan wrote:
> If the PF's netns has been moved and differs from the devlink's netns,
> enabling switchdev mode would create an invalid state where
> representors and PF exist in different namespaces.
> 
> To prevent this inconsistent configuration,

Could you explain clearly what is the problem with having different
netdevs in different namespaces? From networking perspective it really
doesn't matter.
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