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From: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@parallels.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: Allow to create links with given ifindex
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:06:37 +0400
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> I'm not seeing anything obvious in the network stack with a quick skim,
> but before we start relying on the property that interface indicies are
> not globally unique I expect an good hard look at the networking stack
> to see if any of those cases where there were problems still exist.

Just an idea -- is it worth moving the possibility to have ifindidces intersect
under CONFIG_<SOMETHING> (EXPERT/CHECKPOINT_RESTORE) to let wider audience check
the code in real-life?

> Eric
> 
> .
> 

Thanks,
Pavel