Re: [PATCH iproute2 1/2] netns: switch netns in the child when executing commands

[Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>]

On Tue, 11 Jun 2019 01:03:57 +0200
Matteo Croce <mcroce@redhat.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 12:52 AM Matteo Croce <mcroce@redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 12:46 AM Stephen Hemminger
> > <stephen@networkplumber.org> wrote:  
> > >
> > > On Tue, 11 Jun 2019 00:16:12 +0200
> > > Matteo Croce <mcroce@redhat.com> wrote:
> > >  
> > > > +     printf("\nnetns: %s\n", nsname);
> > > > +     cmd_exec(argv[0], argv, true, nsname);
> > > >       return 0;  
> > >
> > > simple printf breaks JSON output.  
> >
> > It was just moved from on_netns_label(). I will check how the json
> > output works when running doall and provide a similar behaviour.
> >
> > Anyway, I noticed that the VRF env should be reset but only in the
> > child. I'm adding a function pointer to cmd_exec which will
> > point to an hook which changes the netns when doing 'ip netns exec'
> > and reset the VRF on vrf exec.
> >
> > Regards,
> > --
> > Matteo Croce
> > per aspera ad upstream  
> 
> Hi Stephen,
> 
> just checked, but it seems that netns exec in batch mode produces an
> invalid output anyway:
> 
> # ip netns add n1
> # ip netns add n2
> # ip -all -json netns exec date
> 
> netns: n2
> Tue 11 Jun 2019 12:55:11 AM CEST
> 
> netns: n1
> Tue 11 Jun 2019 12:55:11 AM CEST
> 
> Probably there is very little sense in using -all netns exec and json
> together, but worth noting it.
> 
> Bye,

Thanks, just being paranoid about json output.