Return-path: Received: from mail-wi0-f180.google.com ([209.85.212.180]:43692 "EHLO mail-wi0-f180.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751614AbbALJHt (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jan 2015 04:07:49 -0500 Received: by mail-wi0-f180.google.com with SMTP id n3so13094274wiv.1 for ; Mon, 12 Jan 2015 01:07:48 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1420449724.1898.1.camel@sipsolutions.net> References: <1410467723-2550-1-git-send-email-vadim4j@gmail.com> <1411075535.2034.5.camel@jlt4.sipsolutions.net> <20141014121627.GA5115@angus-think.lan> <1413798437.10246.12.camel@jlt4.sipsolutions.net> <128188DF-5A9B-47A5-8A89-974CF7CF9064@holtmann.org> <1413802344.10246.20.camel@jlt4.sipsolutions.net> <1420449724.1898.1.camel@sipsolutions.net> Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 11:07:48 +0200 Message-ID: (sfid-20150112_100756_220356_EA661295) Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] Allow to set net namespace for wireless device via RTM_LINK From: Vadim Kochan To: Johannes Berg Cc: Marcel Holtmann , linux-wireless Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 11:22 AM, Johannes Berg wrote: > On Wed, 2014-12-24 at 11:48 +0200, Vadim Kochan wrote: > >> 1) Set NETIF_F_NETNS_LOCAL for phy wireless device only if there >> is at least one virtual interface which was created on it > > You mean at least two? I'd think the behaviour becomes hard to predict, > but I guess ultimately that'd be somewhat reasonable. > >> 2) What about to inherit netns for newer created interfaces from >> the phy device ? > > Hmm? This already happens - a given phy is only in a single netns and > all interfaces must be created in the same netns. > > johannes > Hi, Would you please explain why wireless devs related to the same phy can't live in separated network namespaces ? Thanks,