Re: [patch net-next v2 1/3] net: devlink: allow to change namespaces
From: David Ahern <hidden>
Date: 2019-07-31 19:41:15
On 7/31/19 1:26 PM, Jiri Pirko wrote:
Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 12:39:52AM CEST, jakub.kicinski@netronome.com wrote:quoted
On Tue, 30 Jul 2019 10:57:32 +0200, Jiri Pirko wrote:quoted
From: Jiri Pirko <redacted> All devlink instances are created in init_net and stay there for a lifetime. Allow user to be able to move devlink instances into namespaces. Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <redacted>I'm no namespace expert, but seems reasonable, so FWIW: Acked-by: Jakub Kicinski <redacted> If I read things right we will only send the devlink instance notification to other namespaces when it moves, but not notifications for sub-objects like ports. Is the expectation that the user space dumps the objects it cares about or will the other notifications be added as needed (or option 3 - I misread the code).You are correct. I plan to take care of the notifications of all objects in the follow-up patchset. But I can do it in this one if needed. Up to you.
seems like it should be a part of this one. If a devlink instance changes namespaces, all of its associated resources should as well. Also, seems like you are missing a 'can this devlink instance be moved' check. e.g., what happens if a resource controller has been configured for the devlink instance and it is moved to a namespace whose existing config exceeds those limits?