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Re: [PATCH] ipv4: in new netns initialize sysctls in net.ipv4.conf.* with defaults

From Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH] ipv4: in new netns initialize sysctls in net.ipv4.conf.* with defaults
Date 2016-02-25 15:30 +0100
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Le 24/02/2016 23:05, Eric W. Biederman a écrit :
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> In the general case the current behavior is random and not something
> applications can count on, and we would do well to fix it so it is less
> random.  In particular consider the case of an application in a
> non-initial network namespace creating a new network namespace.  It is
> not even possible to predict what values they will get for sysctls
> today.
+1

>  From a backwards compatibility standpoint we are probably better off
> with copying from the current network namespace rather than the initial
> network namespace.  As that more closely resembles the common case
> today.
+1

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Re: [PATCH] ipv4: in new netns initialize sysctls in  net.ipv4.conf.* with defaults David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-02-24 00:30 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] ipv4: in new netns initialize sysctls in net.ipv4.conf.*  with defaults Konstantin Khlebnikov <koct9i@gmail.com> - 2016-02-24 06:20 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] ipv4: in new netns initialize sysctls in  net.ipv4.conf.* with defaults David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-02-24 16:30 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] ipv4: in new netns initialize sysctls in net.ipv4.conf.* with defaults ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) - 2016-02-24 23:20 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] ipv4: in new netns initialize sysctls in net.ipv4.conf.*  with defaults Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com> - 2016-02-25 15:30 +0100
      Re: [PATCH] ipv4: in new netns initialize sysctls in  net.ipv4.conf.* with defaults David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-02-25 17:50 +0100

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