From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: kevin@pentabarf.net
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, mkubecek@suse.cz
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] macvlan: Support creating macvtaps from macvlans
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2013 19:59:33 -0500 (EST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20131205.195933.1470416409498837252.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1386068122-12039-1-git-send-email-kevin@pentabarf.net>
From: Kevin Wallace <kevin@pentabarf.net>
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 02:55:22 -0800
> When running in a network namespace whose only link to the outside
> world is a macvlan device, not being able to create a macvtap off of
> it is a real pain.
>
> So modify macvtap creation to automatically forward a creation of a
> macvtap on a macvlan to become a creation of a macvtap on the
> underlying network device, just like is currently done with
> macvlan-on-macvlan devices.
>
> v2: Use netif_is_macvlan and macvlan_dev_real_dev helpers to make it
> more clear what we're doing.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Wallace <kevin@pentabarf.net>
Applied to net-next, thanks.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-12-06 0:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-12-03 4:13 [PATCH] macvlan: Support creating macvtaps from macvlans Kevin Wallace
2013-12-03 8:24 ` Michal Kubecek
2013-12-03 9:58 ` Kevin Wallace
2013-12-03 10:55 ` [PATCH v2] " Kevin Wallace
2013-12-03 16:17 ` Vlad Yasevich
2013-12-03 17:46 ` Kevin Wallace
2013-12-03 19:47 ` Michal Kubecek
2013-12-04 13:59 ` Vlad Yasevich
2013-12-04 14:23 ` Michal Kubecek
2013-12-04 14:57 ` Vlad Yasevich
2013-12-06 0:59 ` David Miller [this message]
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