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RTM_{NEW,SET}LINK already allow operations on other network namespaces
by identifying the target network namespace through IFLA_NET_NS_{FD,PID}
properties. This is done by looking for the corresponding properties in
do_setlink(). Extend do_setlink() to also look for the IFLA_IF_NETNSID
property. This introduces no functional changes since all callers of
do_setlink() currently block IFLA_IF_NETNSID by reporting an error before
they reach do_setlink().
This introduces the helpers:
static struct net *rtnl_link_get_net_by_nlattr(struct net *src_net, struct
nlattr *tb[])
static struct net *rtnl_link_get_net_capable(const struct sk_buff *skb,
struct net *src_net,
struct nlattr *tb[], int cap)
to simplify permission checks and target network namespace retrieval for
RTM_* requests that already support IFLA_NET_NS_{FD,PID} but get extended
to IFLA_IF_NETNSID. To perserve backwards compatibility the helpers look
for IFLA_NET_NS_{FD,PID} properties first before checking for
IFLA_IF_NETNSID.
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@ubuntu.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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