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

[Jianbo Liu]

On 9/17/2025 8:21 AM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> 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.

Ack.