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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] netns: enable to inherit devconf from current
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From: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>
Date: Wed, 13 May 2020 15:58:43 +0200

> The goal is to be able to inherit the initial devconf parameters from the
> current netns, ie the netns where this new netns has been created.
> 
> This is useful in a containers environment where /proc/sys is read only.
> For example, if a pod is created with specifics devconf parameters and has
> the capability to create netns, the user expects to get the same parameters
> than his 'init_net', which is not the real init_net in this case.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>

Applied, thanks.