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| author | Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@intel.com> | 2024-08-29 15:33:38 +0300 |
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| committer | Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com> | 2024-09-03 12:36:43 +0300 |
| commit | 05c1280a2bcfca187fe7fa90bb240602cf54af0a (patch) | |
| tree | 8d8750608ebfc586e395fb7ceb774fd535d8e3f1 /Documentation | |
| parent | 00d066a4d4edbe559ba6c35153da71d4b2b8a383 (diff) | |
| download | linux-05c1280a2bcfca187fe7fa90bb240602cf54af0a.tar.xz | |
netdev_features: convert NETIF_F_NETNS_LOCAL to dev->netns_local
"Interface can't change network namespaces" is rather an attribute,
not a feature, and it can't be changed via Ethtool.
Make it a "cold" private flag instead of a netdev_feature and free
one more bit.
Signed-off-by: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/net_cachelines/net_device.rst | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/netdev-features.rst | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/switchdev.rst | 4 |
3 files changed, 3 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/net_cachelines/net_device.rst b/Documentation/networking/net_cachelines/net_device.rst index e55319277074..e649d8e9556f 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/net_cachelines/net_device.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/net_cachelines/net_device.rst @@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ unsigned:1 wol_enabled unsigned:1 threaded - - napi_poll(napi_enable,dev_set_threaded) unsigned_long:1 see_all_hwtstamp_requests unsigned_long:1 change_proto_down +unsigned_long:1 netns_local struct_list_head net_notifier_list struct_macsec_ops* macsec_ops struct_udp_tunnel_nic_info* udp_tunnel_nic_info diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdev-features.rst b/Documentation/networking/netdev-features.rst index f29d982ebf5d..5014f7cc1398 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/netdev-features.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/netdev-features.rst @@ -139,13 +139,6 @@ chained skbs (skb->next/prev list). Features contained in NETIF_F_SOFT_FEATURES are features of networking stack. Driver should not change behaviour based on them. - * netns-local device - -NETIF_F_NETNS_LOCAL is set for devices that are not allowed to move between -network namespaces (e.g. loopback). - -Don't use it in drivers. - * VLAN challenged NETIF_F_VLAN_CHALLENGED should be set for devices which can't cope with VLAN diff --git a/Documentation/networking/switchdev.rst b/Documentation/networking/switchdev.rst index 758f1dae3fce..f355f0166f1b 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/switchdev.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/switchdev.rst @@ -137,10 +137,10 @@ would be sub-port 0 on port 1 on switch 1. Port Features ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -NETIF_F_NETNS_LOCAL +dev->netns_local If the switchdev driver (and device) only supports offloading of the default -network namespace (netns), the driver should set this feature flag to prevent +network namespace (netns), the driver should set this private flag to prevent the port netdev from being moved out of the default netns. A netns-aware driver/device would not set this flag and be responsible for partitioning hardware to preserve netns containment. This means hardware cannot forward |