netdev - Re: [PATCH net] sctp: allow setting SCTP_SACK

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Date:	Sun, 24 Jan 2016 22:44:03 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	marcelo.leitner@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org,
	vyasevich@...il.com, nhorman@...driver.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] sctp: allow setting SCTP_SACK_IMMEDIATELY by the
 application

From: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 18:29:49 -0200

> This patch extends commit b93d6471748d ("sctp: implement the sender side
> for SACK-IMMEDIATELY extension") as it didn't white list
> SCTP_SACK_IMMEDIATELY on sctp_msghdr_parse(), causing it to be
> understood as an invalid flag and returning -EINVAL to the application.
> 
> Note that the actual handling of the flag is already there in
> sctp_datamsg_from_user().
> 
> https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7053#section-7
> 
> Fixes: b93d6471748d ("sctp: implement the sender side for SACK-IMMEDIATELY extension")
> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.