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2008-10-13net: Rationalise email address: Network Specific PartsAlan Cox
Clean up the various different email addresses of mine listed in the code to a single current and valid address. As Dave says his network merges for 2.6.28 are now done this seems a good point to send them in where they won't risk disrupting real changes. Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-08-23icmp: icmp_sk() should not use smp_processor_id() in preemptible codeDenis V. Lunev
Pass namespace into icmp_xmit_lock, obtain socket inside and return it as a result for caller. Thanks Alexey Dobryan for this report: Steps to reproduce: CONFIG_PREEMPT=y CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT=y tracepath <something> BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code: tracepath/3205 caller is icmp_sk+0x15/0x30 Pid: 3205, comm: tracepath Not tainted 2.6.27-rc4 #1 Call Trace: [<ffffffff8031af14>] debug_smp_processor_id+0xe4/0xf0 [<ffffffff80409405>] icmp_sk+0x15/0x30 [<ffffffff8040a17b>] icmp_send+0x4b/0x3f0 [<ffffffff8025a415>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0xd5/0x160 [<ffffffff8025a4ad>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xd/0x10 [<ffffffff8023a475>] ? local_bh_enable_ip+0x95/0x110 [<ffffffff804285b9>] ? _spin_unlock_bh+0x39/0x40 [<ffffffff8025a26c>] ? mark_held_locks+0x4c/0x90 [<ffffffff8025a4ad>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xd/0x10 [<ffffffff8025a415>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0xd5/0x160 [<ffffffff803e91b4>] ip_fragment+0x8d4/0x900 [<ffffffff803e7030>] ? ip_finish_output2+0x0/0x290 [<ffffffff803e91e0>] ? ip_finish_output+0x0/0x60 [<ffffffff803e6650>] ? dst_output+0x0/0x10 [<ffffffff803e922c>] ip_finish_output+0x4c/0x60 [<ffffffff803e92e3>] ip_output+0xa3/0xf0 [<ffffffff803e68d0>] ip_local_out+0x20/0x30 [<ffffffff803e753f>] ip_push_pending_frames+0x27f/0x400 [<ffffffff80406313>] udp_push_pending_frames+0x233/0x3d0 [<ffffffff804067d1>] udp_sendmsg+0x321/0x6f0 [<ffffffff8040d155>] inet_sendmsg+0x45/0x80 [<ffffffff803b967f>] sock_sendmsg+0xdf/0x110 [<ffffffff8024a100>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x40 [<ffffffff80257ce5>] ? validate_chain+0x415/0x1010 [<ffffffff8027dc10>] ? __do_fault+0x140/0x450 [<ffffffff802597d0>] ? __lock_acquire+0x260/0x590 [<ffffffff803b9e55>] ? sockfd_lookup_light+0x45/0x80 [<ffffffff803ba50a>] sys_sendto+0xea/0x120 [<ffffffff80428e42>] ? _spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x42/0x80 [<ffffffff803134bc>] ? __up_read+0x4c/0xb0 [<ffffffff8024e0c6>] ? up_read+0x26/0x30 [<ffffffff8020b8bb>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b icmp6_sk() is similar. Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-07-18mib: put icmpmsg statistics on struct netPavel Emelyanov
Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-07-18mib: put icmp statistics on struct netPavel Emelyanov
Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-07-14mib: add struct net to ICMPMSGIN_INC_STATS_BHPavel Emelyanov
Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-07-14mib: add struct net to ICMPMSGOUT_INC_STATSPavel Emelyanov
Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-07-14mib: add struct net to ICMP_INC_STATS_BHPavel Emelyanov
Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-07-14mib: add struct net to ICMP_INC_STATSPavel Emelyanov
Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-07-14inet: toss struct net initialization aroundPavel Emelyanov
Some places, that deal with ICMP statistics already have where to get a struct net from, but use it directly, without declaring a separate variable on the stack. Since I will need this net soon, I declare a struct net on the stack and use it in the existing places in a separate patch not to spoil the future ones. Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-07-14icmp: add struct net argument to icmp_out_countPavel Emelyanov
This routine deals with ICMP statistics, but doesn't have a struct net at hands, so add one. Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-06-11net: remove CVS keywordsAdrian Bunk
This patch removes CVS keywords that weren't updated for a long time from comments. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-04-29ipv4: Update MTU to all related cache entries in ip_rt_frag_needed()Timo Teras
Add struct net_device parameter to ip_rt_frag_needed() and update MTU to cache entries where ifindex is specified. This is similar to what is already done in ip_rt_redirect(). Signed-off-by: Timo Teras <timo.teras@iki.fi> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-04-21[IPV4]: Convert do_gettimeofday() to getnstimeofday().YOSHIFUJI Hideaki
What do_gettimeofday() does is to call getnstimeofday() and to convert the result from timespec{} to timeval{}. After that, these callers convert the result again to msec. Use getnstimeofday() and convert the units at once. Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-04-21[IPV4]: Make icmp_sk_init() static.Adrian Bunk
This patch makes the needlessly global icmp_sk_init() static. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-04-14[IPV4]: Use NIPQUAD_FMT to format ipv4 addresses.YOSHIFUJI Hideaki
And use %u to format port. Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-04-14Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/net/ehea/ehea_main.c drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/Kconfig drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.c net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c net/ipv6/raw.c net/mac80211/ieee80211_sta.c
2008-04-03[ICMP]: Simplify ICMP control socket creation.Denis V. Lunev
Replace sock_create_kern with inet_ctl_sock_create. Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Acked-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-04-03[ICMP]: Ensure that ICMP relookup maintains status quoHerbert Xu
The ICMP relookup path is only meant to modify behaviour when appropriate IPsec policies are in place and marked as requiring relookups. It is certainly not meant to modify behaviour when IPsec policies don't exist at all. However, due to an oversight on the error paths existing behaviour may in fact change should one of the relookup steps fail. This patch corrects this by redirecting all errors on relookup failures to the previous code path. That is, if the initial xfrm_lookup let the packet pass, we will stand by that decision should the relookup fail due to an error. This should be safe from a security point-of-view because compliant systems must install a default deny policy so the packet would'nt have passed in that case. Many thanks to Julian Anastasov for pointing out this error. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-03-27Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/net/usb/rndis_host.c drivers/net/wireless/b43/dma.c net/ipv6/ndisc.c
2008-03-26[ICMP]: Dst entry leak in icmp_send host re-lookup code (v2).Pavel Emelyanov
Commit 8b7817f3a959ed99d7443afc12f78a7e1fcc2063 ([IPSEC]: Add ICMP host relookup support) introduced some dst leaks on error paths: the rt pointer can be forgotten to be put. Fix it bu going to a proper label. Found after net namespace's lo refused to unregister :) Many thanks to Den for valuable help during debugging. Herbert pointed out, that xfrm_lookup() will put the rtable in case of error itself, so the first goto fix is redundant. Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-03-26[NETNS][ICMP]: Build fix for NET_NS=n case (dev->nd_net is omitted).Pavel Emelyanov
Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-03-26[NETNS][ICMP]: Use per-net sysctls in ipv4/icmp.c.Pavel Emelyanov
This mostly re-uses the net, used in icmp netnsization patches from Denis. After this ICMP sysctls are completely virtualized. Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-03-26[NETNS][ICMP]: Move ICMP sysctls on struct net.Pavel Emelyanov
Initialization is moved to icmp_sk_init, all the places, that refer to them use init_net for now. Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-03-26[NET] NETNS: Omit net_device->nd_net without CONFIG_NET_NS.YOSHIFUJI Hideaki
Introduce per-net_device inlines: dev_net(), dev_net_set(). Without CONFIG_NET_NS, no namespace other than &init_net exists. Let's explicitly define them to help compiler optimizations. Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
2008-03-05[IPV4]: Add 'rtable' field in struct sk_buff to alias 'dst' and avoid castsEric Dumazet
(Anonymous) unions can help us to avoid ugly casts. A common cast it the (struct rtable *)skb->dst one. Defining an union like : union { struct dst_entry *dst; struct rtable *rtable; }; permits to use skb->rtable in place. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-02-29[ICMP]: Section conflict between icmp_sk_init/icmp_sk_exit.Denis V. Lunev
Functions from __exit section should not be called from ones in __init section. Fix this conflict. Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-02-29[NETNS]: Make icmp_sk per namespace.Denis V. Lunev
All preparations are done. Now just add a hook to perform an initialization on namespace startup and replace icmp_sk macro with proper inline call. Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Acked-by: Daniel Lezcano <dlezcano@fr.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-02-29[NETNS]: icmp(v6)_sk should not pin a namespace.Denis V. Lunev
So, change icmp(v6)_sk creation/disposal to the scheme used in the netlink for rtnl, i.e. create a socket in the context of the init_net and assign the namespace without getting a referrence later. Also use sk_release_kernel instead of sock_release to properly destroy such sockets. Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Acked-by: Daniel Lezcano <dlezcano@fr.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-02-29[ICMP]: Allocate data for __icmp(v6)_sk dynamically.Denis V. Lunev
Own __icmp(v6)_sk should be present in each namespace. So, it should be allocated dynamically. Though, alloc_percpu does not fit the case as it implies additional dereferrence for no bonus. Allocate data for pointers just like __percpu_alloc_mask does and place pointers to struct sock into this array. Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Acked-by: Daniel Lezcano <dlezcano@fr.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-02-29[ICMP]: Pass proper ICMP socket into icmp(v6)_xmit_(un)lock.Denis V. Lunev
We have to get socket lock inside icmp(v6)_xmit_lock/unlock. The socket is get from global variable now. When this code became namespaces, one should pass a namespace and get socket from it. Though, above is useless. Socket is available in the caller, just pass it inside. This saves a bit of code now and saves more later. add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 1/3 up/down: 1/-169 (-168) function old new delta icmp_rcv 718 719 +1 icmpv6_rcv 2343 2303 -40 icmp_send 1566 1518 -48 icmp_reply 549 468 -81 Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Acked-by: Daniel Lezcano <dlezcano@fr.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-02-29[ICMP]: Store sock rather than socket for ICMP flow control.Denis V. Lunev
Basically, there is no difference, what to store: socket or sock. Though, sock looks better as there will be 1 less dereferrence on the fast path. Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Acked-by: Daniel Lezcano <dlezcano@fr.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-02-29[ICMP]: Optimize icmp_socket usage.Denis V. Lunev
Use this macro only once in a function to save a bit of space. add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 0/3 up/down: 0/-98 (-98) function old new delta icmp_reply 562 561 -1 icmp_push_reply 305 258 -47 icmp_init 273 223 -50 Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Acked-by: Daniel Lezcano <dlezcano@fr.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-02-29[ICMP]: Add return code to icmp_init.Denis V. Lunev
icmp_init could fail and this is normal for namespace other than initial. So, the panic should be triggered only on init_net initialization path. Additionally create rollback path for icmp_init as a separate function. It will also be used later during namespace destruction. Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Acked-by: Daniel Lezcano <dlezcano@fr.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-02-29[INET]: Remove struct net_proto_family* from _init calls.Denis V. Lunev
struct net_proto_family* is not used in icmp[v6]_init, ndisc_init, igmp_init and tcp_v4_init. Remove it. Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Acked-by: Daniel Lezcano <dlezcano@fr.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-02-05[ICMP]: Restore pskb_pull calls in receive functionHerbert Xu
Somewhere along the development of my ICMP relookup patch the header length check went AWOL on the non-IPsec path. This patch restores the check. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-01-28[NETNS]: Add namespace for ICMP replying code.Denis V. Lunev
All needed API is done, the namespace is available when required from the device on the DST entry from the incoming packet. So, just replace init_net with proper namespace. Other protocols will follow. Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-01-28[NETNS]: Routing cache virtualization.Denis V. Lunev
Basically, this piece looks relatively easy. Namespace is already available on the dst entry via device and the device is safe to dereferrence. Compare it with one of a searcher and skip entry if appropriate. The only exception is ip_rt_frag_needed. So, add namespace parameter to it. Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-01-28[NETNS]: Add namespace parameter to ip_route_output_key.Denis V. Lunev
Needed to propagate it down to the ip_route_output_flow. Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-01-28[NETNS]: Add namespace parameter to __ip_route_output_key.Denis V. Lunev
This is only required to propagate it down to the ip_route_output_slow. Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-01-28[DST]: shrinks sizeof(struct rtable) by 64 bytes on x86_64Eric Dumazet
On x86_64, sizeof(struct rtable) is 0x148, which is rounded up to 0x180 bytes by SLAB allocator. We can reduce this to exactly 0x140 bytes, without alignment overhead, and store 12 struct rtable per PAGE instead of 10. rate_tokens is currently defined as an "unsigned long", while its content should not exceed 6*HZ. It can safely be converted to an unsigned int. Moving tclassid right after rate_tokens to fill the 4 bytes hole permits to save 8 bytes on 'struct dst_entry', which finally permits to save 8 bytes on 'struct rtable' Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-01-28[NETNS]: Add netns parameter to inet_(dev_)add_type.Eric W. Biederman
The patch extends the inet_addr_type and inet_dev_addr_type with the network namespace pointer. That allows to access the different tables relatively to the network namespace. The modification of the signature function is reported in all the callers of the inet_addr_type using the pointer to the well known init_net. Acked-by: Benjamin Thery <benjamin.thery@bull.net> Acked-by: Daniel Lezcano <dlezcano@fr.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-01-28[ICMP]: Avoid sparse warnings in net/ipv4/icmp.cEric Dumazet
CHECK net/ipv4/icmp.c net/ipv4/icmp.c:249:13: warning: context imbalance in 'icmp_xmit_unlock' - unexpected unlock net/ipv4/icmp.c:376:13: warning: context imbalance in 'icmp_reply' - different lock contexts for basic block net/ipv4/icmp.c:430:6: warning: context imbalance in 'icmp_send' - different lock contexts for basic block Solution is to declare both icmp_xmit_lock() and icmp_xmit_unlock() as inline Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-01-28[IPSEC]: Do not let packets pass when ICMP flag is offHerbert Xu
This fixes a logical error in ICMP policy checks which lets packets through if the state ICMP flag is off. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-01-28[IPSEC]: Fix reversed ICMP6 policy checkHerbert Xu
The policy check I added for ICMP on IPv6 is reversed. This patch fixes that. It also adds an skb->sp check so that unprotected packets that fail the policy check do not crash the machine. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-01-28[IPSEC]: Add ICMP host relookup supportHerbert Xu
RFC 4301 requires us to relookup ICMP traffic that does not match any policies using the reverse of its payload. This patch implements this for ICMP traffic that originates from or terminates on localhost. This is activated on outbound with the new policy flag XFRM_POLICY_ICMP, and on inbound by the new state flag XFRM_STATE_ICMP. On inbound the policy check is now performed by the ICMP protocol so that it can repeat the policy check where necessary. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-01-28[IPv4] RAW: Compact the API for the kernelPavel Emelyanov
The raw sockets functions are explicitly used from inside the kernel in two places: 1. in ip_local_deliver_finish to intercept skb-s 2. in icmp_error For this purposes many functions and even data structures, that are naturally internal for raw protocol, are exported. Compact the API to two functions and hide all the other (including hash table and rwlock) inside the net/ipv4/raw.c Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-01-21[ICMP]: ICMP_MIB_OUTMSGS increment duplicatedWang Chen
Commit "96793b482540f3a26e2188eaf75cb56b7829d3e3" (Add ICMPMsgStats MIB (RFC 4293)) made a mistake. In that patch, David L added a icmp_out_count() in ip_push_pending_frames(), remove icmp_out_count() from icmp_reply(). But he forgot to remove icmp_out_count() from icmp_send() too. Since icmp_send and icmp_reply will call icmp_push_reply, which will call ip_push_pending_frames, a duplicated increment happened in icmp_send. This patch remove the icmp_out_count from icmp_send too. Signed-off-by: Wang Chen <wangchen@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-10-26[INET]: Unexport icmpmsg_statisticsAdrian Bunk
This patch removes the unused EXPORT_SYMBOL(icmpmsg_statistics). Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-10-10[IPV4]: Add ICMPMsgStats MIB (RFC 4293)David L Stevens
Background: RFC 4293 deprecates existing individual, named ICMP type counters to be replaced with the ICMPMsgStatsTable. This table includes entries for both IPv4 and IPv6, and requires counting of all ICMP types, whether or not the machine implements the type. These patches "remove" (but not really) the existing counters, and replace them with the ICMPMsgStats tables for v4 and v6. It includes the named counters in the /proc places they were, but gets the values for them from the new tables. It also counts packets generated from raw socket output (e.g., OutEchoes, MLD queries, RA's from radvd, etc). Changes: 1) create icmpmsg_statistics mib 2) create icmpv6msg_statistics mib 3) modify existing counters to use these 4) modify /proc/net/snmp to add "IcmpMsg" with all ICMP types listed by number for easy SNMP parsing 5) modify /proc/net/snmp printing for "Icmp" to get the named data from new counters. Signed-off-by: David L Stevens <dlstevens@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-10-10[NET]: Make the device list and device lookups per namespace.Eric W. Biederman
This patch makes most of the generic device layer network namespace safe. This patch makes dev_base_head a network namespace variable, and then it picks up a few associated variables. The functions: dev_getbyhwaddr dev_getfirsthwbytype dev_get_by_flags dev_get_by_name __dev_get_by_name dev_get_by_index __dev_get_by_index dev_ioctl dev_ethtool dev_load wireless_process_ioctl were modified to take a network namespace argument, and deal with it. vlan_ioctl_set and brioctl_set were modified so their hooks will receive a network namespace argument. So basically anthing in the core of the network stack that was affected to by the change of dev_base was modified to handle multiple network namespaces. The rest of the network stack was simply modified to explicitly use &init_net the initial network namespace. This can be fixed when those components of the network stack are modified to handle multiple network namespaces. For now the ifindex generator is left global. Fundametally ifindex numbers are per namespace, or else we will have corner case problems with migration when we get that far. At the same time there are assumptions in the network stack that the ifindex of a network device won't change. Making the ifindex number global seems a good compromise until the network stack can cope with ifindex changes when you change namespaces, and the like. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>