Re: namespace support requires network modules to say "GPL"

[Mark Lord <lkml@rtr.ca>]

Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Mark Lord <lkml@rtr.ca> writes:
>
> > Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > > On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:21:12 -0500
> > > Mark Lord <lkml@rtr.ca> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> > > > > Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org> writes:
> > > > > Sure.  We keep the updated dev_get_by_XXXX that takes a network
> > > > > namespace parameter.
> > > > ..
> > > >
> > > > And what should code be passing in when "# CONFIG_NET_NS is not set" ?
> > > network drivers probably really really don't want to call
> > > dev_get_by_XXX...
> > ..
> >
> > Fine.  But all of them want to call sk_alloc(),
>
> network drivers should be calling sk_alloc less then they should
> call dev_get_by_XXXX.  Only protocols call sk_alloc.
..

I think I saw some bridge code that calls it, too.
Regardless, it's EXPORT_SYMBOL(), but now unusable
due to the GPL-only symbol "init_net".

Meanwhile, you are avoiding answering the question:

> > > > And what should code be passing in when "# CONFIG_NET_NS is not set" ?
..

> > and many want to do register_netdev().
>
> I haven't even touched register_netdev.
..

Bull-pucky.  Somebody did:

> @@ -3361,6 +3595,8 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev)
>
>         /* When net_device's are persistent, this will be fatal. */
>         BUG_ON(dev->reg_state != NETREG_UNINITIALIZED);
> +       BUG_ON(!dev->nd_net);
> +       net = dev->nd_net;
>
>         spin_lock_init(&dev->queue_lock);
>         spin_lock_init(&dev->_xmit_lock);
..

That new BUG_ON() line complains if nd_net has not been initialized,
and the only thing I see drivers putting there is GPL-only "&init_net".

> > So what should they be using there ?
>
> What are you having problems with?
..

Avoiding the question again there, too.

I personally am not having problems with anything.
But I noticed the API change, and would like somebody to fix it.
Any of the three ways (or a fourth, if you've got one) might do.

Cheers
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