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| author | Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com> | 2023-04-21 09:47:20 +0200 |
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| committer | Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org> | 2023-04-21 20:13:08 -0700 |
| commit | 1371d7deaa2011f5e611e7ce9fdad65483f248dd (patch) | |
| tree | 69aee98ac6445508749b29e4496a664c893eab7d | |
| parent | 3921f56ec3be1d3cf6a06e9dfc0192045785d1df (diff) | |
| download | iproute2-1371d7deaa2011f5e611e7ce9fdad65483f248dd.tar.gz | |
iplink: fix help of 'netns' arg
'ip link set foo netns /proc/1/ns/net' is a valid command.
Let's update the doc accordingly.
Fixes: 0dc34c7713bb ("iproute2: Add processless network namespace support")
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@corigine.com>
Reviewed-by: David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | ip/iplink.c | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man/man8/ip-link.8.in | 26 |
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/ip/iplink.c b/ip/iplink.c index 0aaca3505..690636b65 100644 --- a/ip/iplink.c +++ b/ip/iplink.c @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ void iplink_usage(void) " [ mtu MTU ] [index IDX ]\n" " [ numtxqueues QUEUE_COUNT ]\n" " [ numrxqueues QUEUE_COUNT ]\n" - " [ netns { PID | NETNSNAME } ]\n" + " [ netns { PID | NETNSNAME | NETNSFILE } ]\n" " type TYPE [ ARGS ]\n" "\n" " ip link delete { DEVICE | dev DEVICE | group DEVGROUP } type TYPE [ ARGS ]\n" @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ void iplink_usage(void) " [ address LLADDR ]\n" " [ broadcast LLADDR ]\n" " [ mtu MTU ]\n" - " [ netns { PID | NETNSNAME } ]\n" + " [ netns { PID | NETNSNAME | NETNSFILE } ]\n" " [ link-netns NAME | link-netnsid ID ]\n" " [ alias NAME ]\n" " [ vf NUM [ mac LLADDR ]\n" diff --git a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in index a4e0c4030..e23474b35 100644 --- a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in +++ b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ ip-link \- network device configuration .IR BYTES " ]" .br .RB "[ " netns " {" -.IR PID " | " NETNSNAME " } ]" +.IR PID " | " NETNSNAME " | " NETNSFILE " } ]" .br .BI type " TYPE" .RI "[ " ARGS " ]" @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ ip-link \- network device configuration .IR MTU " ]" .br .RB "[ " netns " {" -.IR PID " | " NETNSNAME " } ]" +.IR PID " | " NETNSNAME " | " NETNSFILE " } ]" .br .RB "[ " link-netnsid .IR ID " ]" @@ -465,8 +465,15 @@ specifies the desired index of the new virtual device. The link creation fails, if the index is busy. .TP -.BI netns " { PID | NETNSNAME } " -specifies the desired network namespace to create interface in. +.B netns +.RI "{ " PID " | " NETNSNAME " | " NETNSFILE " }" +.br +create the device in the network namespace associated with process +.IR "PID " or +the name +.IR "NETNSNAME " or +the file +.IR "NETNSFILE". .TP VLAN Type Support @@ -2188,10 +2195,15 @@ the interface is .IR "POINTOPOINT" . .TP -.BI netns " NETNSNAME " \fR| " PID" -move the device to the network namespace associated with name +.B netns +.RI "{ " PID " | " NETNSNAME " | " NETNSFILE " }" +.br +move the device to the network namespace associated with process +.IR "PID " or +the name .IR "NETNSNAME " or -.RI process " PID". +the file +.IR "NETNSFILE". Some devices are not allowed to change network namespace: loopback, bridge, wireless. These are network namespace local devices. In such case |