From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jiri Benc Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: try harder to not reuse ifindex when moving interfaces Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 17:25:02 +0200 Message-ID: <20151021172502.63220dbb@griffin> References: <294c7a9df554506e684adbeb9bbed070e6fed260.1444993627.git.jbenc@redhat.com> <20151021.074332.1709904332480699231.davem@davemloft.net> <20151021164613.24650836@griffin> <20151021.083214.534622235927401863.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, thaller@redhat.com To: David Miller Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:57081 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754915AbbJUPZG (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Oct 2015 11:25:06 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20151021.083214.534622235927401863.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, 21 Oct 2015 08:32:14 -0700 (PDT), David Miller wrote: > As you say the apps are broken, so file a bug and have them fixed. > > The assumption is clearly invalid, so apps cannot make such an > assumption. Does it mean you would be okay with a patch that always allocates and assigns a new ifindex in the target netns when interface is moved between name spaces? Jiri -- Jiri Benc