From: Jiri Benc <jb...@redhat.com> Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 16:46:13 +0200
> For example, we could always alloc a new ifindex when moving interfaces > between name spaces. That would be probably the tiniest race window we > could get to (still not zero!) but I guess it would break apps that > assume that ifindex doesn't change when moving interfaces between name > spaces (which is not true, such apps are already broken, they just > happen to work in 99% of cases). The second best solution that doesn't > break those apps at the cost of leaving the race window wider, is this > patch. As you say the apps are broken, so file a bug and have them fixed. The assumption is clearly invalid, so apps cannot make such an assumption. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
