Hi!
This set tries to summarize the recent discussion of making ifindices friendly
to checkpoint-restore and consists of:
1. Prepare hash function to non-unique ifindices
2. Allow for specifying the desired ifindex on net link creation
3. Make ifindex generation per-net
4. Simplify loopback device ifindex access
Changes since v1:
* Fixed a stupid mistake with a pointer bits shift
* Turned the netdev_hash_mix routine into the generic ptr_hash_mix one
* Added a comment describing why loopback index is always 1 after the patch
Thanks,
Pavel