From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com>
Cc: Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>,
"netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru>,
James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>,
Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>,
Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Subject: Re: [RFC v2 2/4] net: enables interface option to skip IP
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 13:42:57 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140218134257.667efe23@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAB=NE6XGBp1RwO63W0ac6tTr9JcRM9TB9sap4pa+8PMWwjxu6g@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, 18 Feb 2014 13:19:15 -0800
"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> wrote:
> Sure, but note that the both disable_ipv6 and accept_dada sysctl
> parameters are global. ipv4 and ipv6 interfaces are created upon
> NETDEVICE_REGISTER, which will get triggered when a driver calls
> register_netdev(). The goal of this patch was to enable an early
> optimization for drivers that have no need ever for ipv4 or ipv6
> interfaces.
The trick with ipv6 is to register the device, then have userspace
do the ipv6 sysctl before bringing the device up.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-02-18 21:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 156+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-02-15 2:59 [RFC v2 0/4] net: bridge / ip optimizations for virtual net backends Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-15 2:59 ` [RFC v2 1/4] bridge: enable interfaces to opt out from becoming the root bridge Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-15 2:59 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-15 2:59 ` [Bridge] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-15 2:59 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-16 18:56 ` Ben Hutchings
2014-02-16 18:56 ` [Bridge] " Ben Hutchings
2014-02-16 18:56 ` Ben Hutchings
2014-02-16 18:57 ` Stephen Hemminger
2014-02-16 18:57 ` Stephen Hemminger
2014-02-16 18:57 ` [Bridge] " Stephen Hemminger
2014-02-16 18:57 ` Stephen Hemminger
2014-02-18 21:02 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-18 21:02 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-18 21:02 ` [Bridge] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-19 9:52 ` [Xen-devel] " Ian Campbell
2014-02-19 9:52 ` [Bridge] " Ian Campbell
2014-02-19 9:52 ` Ian Campbell
2014-02-19 14:35 ` Zoltan Kiss
2014-02-19 14:35 ` [Xen-devel] " Zoltan Kiss
2014-02-19 14:35 ` [Bridge] " Zoltan Kiss
2014-02-19 17:02 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-19 17:02 ` [Xen-devel] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-19 17:02 ` [Bridge] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-19 17:08 ` Stephen Hemminger
2014-02-19 17:08 ` [Xen-devel] " Stephen Hemminger
2014-02-19 17:08 ` [Bridge] " Stephen Hemminger
2014-02-19 17:08 ` Stephen Hemminger
2014-02-19 17:59 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-19 17:59 ` [Xen-devel] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-19 17:59 ` [Bridge] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-19 17:59 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-20 17:19 ` Stephen Hemminger
2014-02-20 17:19 ` [Xen-devel] " Stephen Hemminger
2014-02-20 17:19 ` [Bridge] " Stephen Hemminger
2014-02-20 17:19 ` Stephen Hemminger
2014-02-20 20:24 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-20 20:24 ` [Xen-devel] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-20 20:24 ` [Bridge] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-20 20:24 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-21 13:02 ` Zoltan Kiss
2014-02-21 13:02 ` [Xen-devel] " Zoltan Kiss
2014-02-21 13:02 ` [Bridge] " Zoltan Kiss
2014-02-21 16:01 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-21 16:01 ` [Xen-devel] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-21 16:01 ` [Bridge] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-21 16:01 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-22 1:38 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-22 1:38 ` [Bridge] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-22 1:38 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-22 1:38 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-20 13:19 ` Zoltan Kiss
2014-02-20 13:19 ` [Xen-devel] " Zoltan Kiss
2014-02-20 13:19 ` [Bridge] " Zoltan Kiss
2014-02-20 20:01 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-20 20:01 ` [Xen-devel] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-20 20:01 ` [Bridge] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-20 20:01 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-21 13:02 ` Zoltan Kiss
2014-02-21 13:02 ` [Bridge] " Zoltan Kiss
2014-02-21 15:59 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-21 15:59 ` [Xen-devel] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-21 15:59 ` [Bridge] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-21 15:59 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-21 13:02 ` Zoltan Kiss
2014-02-19 9:52 ` Ian Campbell
2014-02-17 17:52 ` Zoltan Kiss
2014-02-17 17:52 ` [Xen-devel] " Zoltan Kiss
2014-02-17 17:52 ` [Bridge] " Zoltan Kiss
2014-02-19 16:45 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-19 16:45 ` [Xen-devel] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-19 16:45 ` [Bridge] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-19 16:45 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-20 14:47 ` Zoltan Kiss
2014-02-20 14:47 ` [Xen-devel] " Zoltan Kiss
2014-02-20 14:47 ` [Bridge] " Zoltan Kiss
2014-02-20 20:28 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-20 20:28 ` [Xen-devel] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-20 20:28 ` [Bridge] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-20 20:28 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-15 2:59 ` [RFC v2 2/4] net: enables interface option to skip IP Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-15 2:59 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-17 20:23 ` Dan Williams
2014-02-18 21:19 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-18 21:42 ` Stephen Hemminger
2014-02-18 21:42 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2014-02-19 17:13 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-19 17:13 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-19 16:45 ` Dan Williams
2014-02-19 16:45 ` Dan Williams
2014-02-19 17:20 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-19 19:13 ` Zoltan Kiss
2014-02-19 19:13 ` Zoltan Kiss
2014-02-20 20:39 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-21 13:02 ` Zoltan Kiss
2014-02-21 13:02 ` Zoltan Kiss
2014-02-22 1:40 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-22 1:40 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-20 20:39 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-20 0:56 ` Dan Williams
2014-02-20 0:56 ` Dan Williams
2014-02-20 0:58 ` Hannes Frederic Sowa
2014-02-20 0:58 ` Hannes Frederic Sowa
2014-02-20 1:02 ` Dan Williams
2014-02-20 1:02 ` Dan Williams
2014-02-20 20:31 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-20 20:31 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-24 18:22 ` Dan Williams
2014-02-24 20:33 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-24 20:33 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-24 23:04 ` David Miller
2014-02-24 23:04 ` David Miller
2014-02-25 0:02 ` Ben Hutchings
2014-02-25 0:12 ` David Miller
2014-02-25 0:12 ` David Miller
2014-02-25 2:01 ` Ben Hutchings
2014-02-25 2:01 ` Ben Hutchings
2014-02-25 2:23 ` Hannes Frederic Sowa
2014-02-25 2:23 ` Hannes Frederic Sowa
2014-02-25 19:50 ` Paul Marks
2014-02-25 19:50 ` Paul Marks
2014-02-25 0:02 ` Ben Hutchings
2014-02-25 21:07 ` Dan Williams
2014-02-25 21:07 ` Dan Williams
2014-02-25 21:18 ` David Miller
2014-02-25 21:18 ` David Miller
2014-02-26 1:29 ` Hannes Frederic Sowa
2014-02-26 1:29 ` Hannes Frederic Sowa
2014-02-24 18:22 ` Dan Williams
2014-02-19 17:20 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-18 21:19 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-17 20:23 ` Dan Williams
2014-02-15 2:59 ` [RFC v2 3/4] xen-netback: use a random MAC address Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-15 2:59 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-17 10:29 ` [Xen-devel] " David Vrabel
2014-02-18 11:22 ` Ian Campbell
2014-02-18 21:30 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-18 21:30 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-18 11:22 ` Ian Campbell
2014-02-17 10:29 ` David Vrabel
2014-02-15 2:59 ` [RFC v2 4/4] xen-netback: skip IPv4 and IPv6 interfaces Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-17 14:36 ` Zoltan Kiss
2014-02-17 14:36 ` [Xen-devel] " Zoltan Kiss
2014-02-18 20:16 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-19 9:47 ` Ian Campbell
2014-02-19 9:47 ` Ian Campbell
2014-02-18 20:16 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-15 2:59 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-17 10:27 ` [Xen-devel] [RFC v2 0/4] net: bridge / ip optimizations for virtual net backends David Vrabel
2014-02-18 19:43 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-18 19:43 ` [Xen-devel] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-19 9:48 ` Ian Campbell
2014-02-19 9:48 ` [Xen-devel] " Ian Campbell
2014-02-19 17:10 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-19 17:10 ` [Xen-devel] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-02-17 10:27 ` David Vrabel
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