From f9ecf99e59785fe1d71dfe017c07cae66df3f2a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2017 22:33:08 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] network_namespaces.7: When a NW namespace is freed, veth devices are destroyed Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man7/network_namespaces.7 | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/man7/network_namespaces.7 b/man7/network_namespaces.7 index 567aa5c2d..b7a00b106 100644 --- a/man7/network_namespaces.7 +++ b/man7/network_namespaces.7 @@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ device pair provides a pipe-like abstraction that can be used to create tunnels between network namespaces, and can be used to create a bridge to a physical network device in another namespace. +When a namespace is freed, the +.BR veth (4) +devices that it contains are destroyed. .PP Use of network namespaces requires a kernel that is configured with the .B CONFIG_NET_NS