Per-net and on-demand link indices (and related)

Pavel Emelyanov netdev 1 version Aug 6, 2012 In review

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#	Subject and files	Size	Replies
1/5	net: Don't use ifindices in hash fns`include/linux/netdevice.h` `include/net/arp.h` `include/net/ndisc.h`	+8 -2	3 replies
2/5	net: Allow to create links with given ifindex`net/core/dev.c` `net/core/rtnetlink.c`	+13 -6	0 replies
3/5	veth: Allow to create peer link with given ifindex`drivers/net/veth.c`	+3 -0	0 replies
4/5	net: Make ifindex generation per-net namespace`include/net/net_namespace.h` `net/core/dev.c`	+3 -2	0 replies
5/5	net: Loopback ifindex is constant now`drivers/net/loopback.c` `include/net/net_namespace.h` `net/decnet/dn_route.c` +5 more	+17 ~~-10~~	2 replies

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Cover letter [PATCH net-next 0/5] Per-net and on-demand link indices (and related)

Hi!

This set tries to summarize the recent discussion of making ifindices friendly to checkpoint-restore and consists of:

1. Prepare hash function to non-unique ifindices
2. Allow for specifying the desired ifindex on net link creation
3. Make ifindex generation per-net
4. Simplify loopback device ifindex access

Thanks,
Pavel

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