linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/4] rxrpc: Support IPv6

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Date:   Fri, 16 Sep 2016 01:57:42 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     dhowells@...hat.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/4] rxrpc: Support IPv6

From: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2016 23:41:31 +0100

> 
> Here is a set of patches that add IPv6 support.  They need to be applied on
> top of the just-posted miscellaneous fix patches.  They are:
> 
>  (1) Make autobinding of an unconnected socket work when sendmsg() is
>      called to initiate a client call.
> 
>  (2) Don't specify the protocol when creating the client socket, but rather
>      take the default instead.
> 
>  (3) Use rxrpc_extract_addr_from_skb() in a couple of places that were
>      doing the same thing manually.  This allows the IPv6 address
>      extraction to be done in fewer places.
> 
>  (4) Add IPv6 support.  With this, calls can be made to IPv6 servers from
>      userspace AF_RXRPC programs; AFS, however, can't use IPv6 yet as the
>      RPC calls need to be upgradeable.
 ...
> Tagged thusly:
> 
> 	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-fs.git
> 	rxrpc-rewrite-20160913-2

Looks good, pulled, thanks.