* Re: [patch net-2.6.25 0/5][NETNS][IPV6] discriminate inet6 addresses per namespace
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@ 2008-01-11 6:45 ` David Miller
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From: David Miller @ 2008-01-11 6:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: dlezcano; +Cc: netdev, benjamin.thery
From: Daniel Lezcano <dlezcano@fr.ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:02:40 +0100
> The inet6_addr_lst hash table contains the configured addresses
> for the ipv6 protocol on the system.
>
> With the network namespace, we have 2 solutions:
> * make this hash table per namespace
> * keep a global hash table and discard addresses not belonging
> to the network namespace
>
> This patchset use the second method. It will use less memory, but
> can be a less efficient in case of a lot of containers.
>
> The code is changed to have the network namespace parameter for the
> different functions, if we change our mind during an intense usage
> of the network namespace, the switch to a hash table per namespace
> is really easy to do and will not change the new api again.
All 5 patches applied, thanks.
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