[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] kni: create KNI interface in current network namespace

[Thomas Monjalon]

Anyone to review this KNI patch?

2014-11-21 12:10, Takayuki Usui:
> With this patch, KNI interface (e.g. vEth0) is created in the
> network namespace where the DPDK application is running.
> Otherwise, all interfaces are created in the default namespace
> in the host.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Takayuki Usui <takayuki at midokura.com>
> ---
>  lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c 
> b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c
> index ba77776..f4a9965 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c
> +++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c
> @@ -354,6 +354,8 @@ kni_ioctl_create(unsigned int ioctl_num, unsigned long 
> ioctl_param)
>               return -EBUSY;
>       }
>  
> +     dev_net_set(net_dev, get_net_ns_by_pid(current->pid));
> +
>       kni = netdev_priv(net_dev);
>  
>       kni->net_dev = net_dev;