From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: theuns.verwoerd@alliedtelesis.co.nz
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, dsa@cumulusnetworks.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtnetlink: Handle IFLA_MASTER parameter when processing rtnl_newlink
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 11:53:51 -0500 (EST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170201.115351.83909828706888379.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170130232346.29761-1-theuns.verwoerd@alliedtelesis.co.nz>
From: Theuns Verwoerd <theuns.verwoerd@alliedtelesis.co.nz>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2017 12:23:46 +1300
> Allow a master interface to be specified as one of the parameters when
> creating a new interface via rtnl_newlink. Previously this would
> require invoking interface creation, waiting for it to complete, and
> then separately binding that new interface to a master.
>
> In particular, this is used when creating a macvlan child interface for
> VRRP in a VRF configuration, allowing the interface creator to specify
> directly what master interface should be inherited by the child,
> without having to deal with asynchronous complications and potential
> race conditions.
>
> Signed-off-by: Theuns Verwoerd <theuns.verwoerd@alliedtelesis.co.nz>
Applied to net-next, thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-02-01 16:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-01-30 23:23 [PATCH] rtnetlink: Handle IFLA_MASTER parameter when processing rtnl_newlink Theuns Verwoerd
2017-01-30 23:57 ` Stephen Hemminger
2017-01-31 6:49 ` Cong Wang
2017-01-31 20:25 ` David Ahern
2017-01-31 20:49 ` David Miller
2017-01-31 21:49 ` David Ahern
2017-02-01 16:53 ` David Miller [this message]
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2017-01-30 22:28 Theuns Verwoerd
2017-01-30 22:44 ` Stephen Hemminger
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