[Devel] Re: [PATCH 6/6] C/R: Add checkpoint support to macvlan driver

[David Miller]

From: Dan Smith <danms at us.ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:43:15 -0800

> This has an small hidden gotcha.  Since the macvlan device is moved
> completely into a container's network namespace, the init netns cannot
> freeze traffic to and from it in order to migrate live network connections
> by simply utilizing its netfilter tables.  A helper process in the container
> or something like what was recently discussed on the containers list[1]
> would provide a way to do this.
> 
> [1]: https://lists.linux-foundation.org/pipermail/containers/2010-February/023001.html
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Smith <danms at us.ibm.com>

Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem at davemloft.net>
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