On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 6:36 AM, Thomas Graf <tg...@noironetworks.com> wrote:
> Upstream commit:
> vxlan: add x-netns support
>
> This patch allows to switch the netns when packet is encapsulated or
> decapsulated.
> The vxlan socket is openned into the i/o netns, ie into the netns where
> encapsulated packets are received. The socket lookup is done into this
> netns to
> find the corresponding vxlan tunnel. After decapsulation, the packet is
> injecting into the corresponding interface which may stand to another
> netns.
>
> When one of the two netns is removed, the tunnel is destroyed.
>
> Configuration example:
> ip netns add netns1
> ip netns exec netns1 ip link set lo up
> ip link add vxlan10 type vxlan id 10 group 239.0.0.10 dev eth0 dstport 0
> ip link set vxlan10 netns netns1
> ip netns exec netns1 ip addr add 192.168.0.249/24 broadcast 192.168.0.255
> dev vxlan10
> ip netns exec netns1 ip link set vxlan10 up
>
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dich...@6wind.com>
> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <da...@davemloft.net>
>
> Upstream: f01ec1c017de ("vxlan: add x-netns support")
Acked-by: Pravin B Shelar <pshe...@nicira.com>
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