network namespaces

[Thomas Haller]

On Tue, 2015-07-07 at 10:54 -0400, Ido Barkan wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Does libnl support (or intend to support) specifying network 
> namespaces?
> If so, how does one can add/get/set a link in a specific network 
> namespace?

I think there is no explicit support and it's not planned.

Do you have some ideas in this regard?


I didn't try this, but I would expect that as a user you can switch
into anothe netns, connect your netlink socket, and possibly switch
back. Then your netlink socket is connected to the other netns.



Thomas
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