On Tue, 31 Jan 2017 12:23:46 +1300 Theuns Verwoerd <theuns.verwo...@alliedtelesis.co.nz> wrote:
> Allow a master interface to be specified as one of the parameters when > creating a new interface via rtnl_newlink. Previously this would > require invoking interface creation, waiting for it to complete, and > then separately binding that new interface to a master. > > In particular, this is used when creating a macvlan child interface for > VRRP in a VRF configuration, allowing the interface creator to specify > directly what master interface should be inherited by the child, > without having to deal with asynchronous complications and potential > race conditions. > > Signed-off-by: Theuns Verwoerd <theuns.verwo...@alliedtelesis.co.nz> Thanks it came through without modification by email client or server this time.
