core-extra/kernel/core-kernel-3.0/patches/00-linux-3.0.ifindex.patch
2013-08-29 14:21:13 +00:00

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commit 7da7dfcb787d77929c15d5b7127c816ee16f1ede
Author: Tom Goff <thomas.goff@boeing.com>
Date: Fri Dec 16 17:39:00 2011 -0800
Make network device ifindex sequential per network namespace.
diff --git a/include/net/net_namespace.h b/include/net/net_namespace.h
index 3bb6fa0..2fd53da 100644
--- a/include/net/net_namespace.h
+++ b/include/net/net_namespace.h
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ struct net {
struct sock *rtnl; /* rtnetlink socket */
struct sock *genl_sock;
+ int ifindex;
+
struct list_head dev_base_head;
struct hlist_head *dev_name_head;
struct hlist_head *dev_index_head;
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 6ba50a1..ba95aa5 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -5260,12 +5260,11 @@ int dev_ioctl(struct net *net, unsigned int cmd, void __user *arg)
*/
static int dev_new_index(struct net *net)
{
- static int ifindex;
for (;;) {
- if (++ifindex <= 0)
- ifindex = 1;
- if (!__dev_get_by_index(net, ifindex))
- return ifindex;
+ if (++net->ifindex <= 0)
+ net->ifindex = 1;
+ if (!__dev_get_by_index(net, net->ifindex))
+ return net->ifindex;
}
}
@@ -6277,8 +6276,8 @@ int dev_change_net_namespace(struct net_device *dev, struct net *net, const char
/* Actually switch the network namespace */
dev_net_set(dev, net);
- /* If there is an ifindex conflict assign a new one */
- if (__dev_get_by_index(net, dev->ifindex)) {
+ /* Assign a new ifindex */
+ {
int iflink = (dev->iflink == dev->ifindex);
dev->ifindex = dev_new_index(net);
if (iflink)