[PATCH net-next 0/6] Per-net and on-demand link indices (and related) v2 · Pavel Emelyanov <hidden> · 2012-08-06
[PATCH 1/6] hash: Introduce ptr_hash_mix routine · Pavel Emelyanov <hidden> · 2012-08-06
Re: [PATCH 1/6] hash: Introduce ptr_hash_mix routine · David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> · 2012-08-06
Re: [PATCH 1/6] hash: Introduce ptr_hash_mix routine · Pavel Emelyanov <hidden> · 2012-08-07
Re: [PATCH 1/6] hash: Introduce ptr_hash_mix routine · Eric Dumazet <hidden> · 2012-08-07
Re: [PATCH 1/6] hash: Introduce ptr_hash_mix routine · Pavel Emelyanov <hidden> · 2012-08-07
Re: [PATCH 1/6] hash: Introduce ptr_hash_mix routine · Eric Dumazet <hidden> · 2012-08-07
Re: [PATCH 1/6] hash: Introduce ptr_hash_mix routine · David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> · 2012-08-07
[PATCH 2/6] net: Dont use ifindices in hash fns · Pavel Emelyanov <hidden> · 2012-08-06
[PATCH 3/6] net: Allow to create links with given ifindex · Pavel Emelyanov <hidden> · 2012-08-06
[PATCH 2/5 (resend)] net: Allow to create links with given ifindex · Pavel Emelyanov <hidden> · 2012-08-07
Re: [PATCH 2/5 (resend)] net: Allow to create links with given ifindex · Eric Dumazet <hidden> · 2012-08-07
Re: [PATCH 2/5 (resend)] net: Allow to create links with given ifindex · David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> · 2012-08-07
[PATCH 4/6] veth: Allow to create peer link with given ifindex · Pavel Emelyanov <hidden> · 2012-08-06
[PATCH 3/5 (resend)] veth: Allow to create peer link with given ifindex · Pavel Emelyanov <hidden> · 2012-08-07
Re: [PATCH 3/5 (resend)] veth: Allow to create peer link with given ifindex · Eric Dumazet <hidden> · 2012-08-07
Re: [PATCH 3/5 (resend)] veth: Allow to create peer link with given ifindex · Ben Hutchings <hidden> · 2012-08-07
Re: [PATCH 3/5 (resend)] veth: Allow to create peer link with given ifindex · Pavel Emelyanov <hidden> · 2012-08-08
Re: [PATCH 3/5 (resend)] veth: Allow to create peer link with given ifindex · Ben Hutchings <hidden> · 2012-08-08
Re: [PATCH 3/5 (resend)] veth: Allow to create peer link with given ifindex · Pavel Emelyanov <hidden> · 2012-08-08
[PATCH 5/6] net: Make ifindex generation per-net namespace · Pavel Emelyanov <hidden> · 2012-08-06
[PATCH 4/5 (resend)] net: Make ifindex generation per-net namespace · Pavel Emelyanov <hidden> · 2012-08-07
Re: [PATCH 4/5 (resend)] net: Make ifindex generation per-net namespace · Eric Dumazet <hidden> · 2012-08-07
[PATCH 4/5 (resend)] net: Make ifindex generation per-net namespace (v2) · Pavel Emelyanov <hidden> · 2012-08-07
Re: [PATCH 4/5 (resend)] net: Make ifindex generation per-net namespace (v2) · Eric Dumazet <hidden> · 2012-08-07
[PATCH 6/6] net: Loopback ifindex is constant now · Pavel Emelyanov <hidden> · 2012-08-06
[PATCH 5/5 (resend)] net: Loopback ifindex is constant now · Pavel Emelyanov <hidden> · 2012-08-07
Re: [PATCH 5/5 (resend)] net: Loopback ifindex is constant now · Eric Dumazet <hidden> · 2012-08-07

Re: [PATCH 2/5 (resend)] net: Allow to create links with given ifindex

From: Eric Dumazet <hidden>
Date: 2012-08-07 13:14:30

On Tue, 2012-08-07 at 15:01 +0400, Pavel Emelyanov wrote:

Currently the RTM_NEWLINK results in -EOPNOTSUPP if the ifinfomsg->ifi_index
is not zero. I propose to allow requesting ifindices on link creation. This
is required by the checkpoint-restore to correctly restore a net namespace
(i.e. -- a container).

Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <redacted>

Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>

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