Re: [PATCH net V2 2/3] net/mlx5e: Prevent entering switchdev mode with inconsistent netns

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Tue Sep 16 2025 - 20:21:20 EST


On Mon, 15 Sep 2025 15:24:33 +0300 Tariq Toukan wrote:
> If the PF's netns has been moved and differs from the devlink's netns,
> enabling switchdev mode would create a state where the OVS control
> plane (ovs-vsctl) cannot manage the switch because the PF uplink
> representor and the other representors are split across different
> namespaces.

I appreciate the extra paragraph of explanation but it's still not
a fix.