Bug 1264361

Summary: backport upstream bugfix to platform handling links in different netns (IFLA_LINK_NETNSID)
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Reporter: Thomas Haller <thaller>
Component: NetworkManagerAssignee: Thomas Haller <thaller>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Desktop QE <desktop-qa-list>
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Version: 7.2CC: dcbw, jklimes, lmiksik, thaller, vbenes
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Fixed In Version: NetworkManager-1.0.6-14.el7 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2015-11-19 11:04:42 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Thomas Haller 2015-09-18 09:58:30 UTC
Upstream fixes a bug in platform, and improves handling of links in different netns.

This is related to bug 1255050 and bug 262908.

Backport 3 patches that were merged upstream:
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/log/?h=e8f5005d3dfe363a48569cafd262c59708e7ed21

Comment 1 Thomas Haller 2015-09-18 09:59:34 UTC
(In reply to Thomas Haller from comment #0)
> This is related to bug 1255050 and bug 262908.

bug 1262908, of course

Comment 3 Vladimir Benes 2015-10-13 10:55:19 UTC
NM's automation test environment uses veth pairs whose other ends are in a namespace and are bridged together into DHCP server. This environment provides DHCP(4/6) services to devices in the default-namespace. 
Verification as SanityOnly.

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2015-11-19 11:04:42 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2315.html