Subject: Re: Fw: [Bug 66691] New: iproute2: macvlan: Wrong root device shown if in different netns

From: Michal Kubecek <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 09:02:00 +0100

On Sat, Dec 07, 2013 at 11:18:52AM +0200, Kevin Wilson wrote:
> Shouldn't the macvlan be network nsmespace local device, like the vlan
> and VXLAN device (which have NETIF_F_NETNS set)?
> When a nework device has the NETIF_F_NETNS flag set, it cannot be
> moved from one network namespace to another.

I don't think so. A setup where a macvlan is in a different namespace is
used quite often, e.g. to provide a network device to an LXC container.

                                                          Michal Kubecek