[Bridge] device eth0 is already a member of a bridge; can'tenslave it to bridge Net6

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On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 19:43:01 +0100
"Tim Keupen" <timbub@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > Have you looked at umlsim
> no, problem has to be solved with vnuml
> 
>    >> Is this a bug or a feature? Why is it not allowed to bind an Interface 
> to two different bridges?
>    >> Is there a workaround for this issue?
> > There was no good reason to allow it, I guess. Also, I would worry about 
> > races on deleting
> > a bridge and the RCU issues.
> But what should be a reasen not to allow it?

Because it the input path hook how bridge's get data would
cause increased stack depth (if it even worked).

> What du you mean with races and RCU issues?
Look at how interfaces are removed from bridges, and the
code that notifies a bridge about interface changes. It would
probably break as well.


-- 
Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx>
OSDL http://developer.osdl.org/~shemminger

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