Re: [PATCH 3/9] network namespaces: playing and debugging

On Wed, Aug 16, 2006 at 11:22:28AM -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote:

Stephen Hemminger [off-list ref] writes:

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On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:48:43 +0400
Andrey Savochkin [off-list ref] wrote:

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Temporary code to play with network namespaces in the simplest way.
Do
        exec 7< /proc/net/net_ns
in your bash shell and you'll get a brand new network namespace.
There you can, for example, do
        ip link set lo up
        ip addr list
        ip addr add 1.2.3.4 dev lo
        ping -n 1.2.3.4

Signed-off-by: Andrey Savochkin <redacted>

NACK, new /proc interfaces are not acceptable.

The rule is that new /proc interfaces that are not process related
are not acceptable.  If structured right a network namespace can
arguably be process related.

I do agree that this interface is pretty ugly there.

This proc interface was a backdoor to play with namespaces without
compiling any user-space programs.

As you wish.
Do you want to have a new clone flag right away?

	Andrey