Re: namespace support requires network modules to say "GPL"

Mark Lord [off-list ref] writes:

Arjan van de Ven wrote:

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On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:21:12 -0500
Mark Lord [off-list ref] wrote:

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Eric W. Biederman wrote:

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Stephen Hemminger [off-list ref] writes:
Sure.  We keep the updated dev_get_by_XXXX that takes a network
namespace parameter.

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And what should code be passing in when "# CONFIG_NET_NS is not set" ?

network drivers probably really really don't want to call
dev_get_by_XXX...

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Fine.  But all of them want to call sk_alloc(),

network drivers should be calling sk_alloc less then they should
call dev_get_by_XXXX.  Only protocols call sk_alloc.

and many want to do register_netdev().

I haven't even touched register_netdev.

So what should they be using there ?

What are you having problems with?

It is hard to answer specific questions without a context.

Eric