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Date:	Fri, 10 Jul 2015 06:25:50 -0400
From:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
To:	Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] dlm: avoid using sctp_do_peeloff directly

On Thu, Jul 09, 2015 at 11:15:20AM -0300, Marcelo Ricardo Leitner wrote:
> This patch reverts 2f2d76cc3e93 ("dlm: Do not allocate a fd for
> peeloff") but also takes benefit on an updated sockopt
> SCTP_SOCKOPT_PEELOFF, which now avoids allocating file descriptors for
> kernel users.
> 
> By this we avoid creating a direct dependency from dlm to sctp module,
> which can then be left unloaded if dlm is not really using it.
> 
> Note that this was preferred other than a module split as it once was
> split and was merged back in 2007 by commit 6ed7257b4670 ("[DLM]
> Consolidate transport protocols") so that we don't revert it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>

Acked-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
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