netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] sctp: remove the old ttl expires policy

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Date:   Thu, 13 Oct 2016 09:44:56 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     lucien.xin@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org,
        marcelo.leitner@...il.com, vyasevich@...il.com,
        daniel@...earbox.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] sctp: remove the old ttl expires policy

From: Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>
Date: Sat,  8 Oct 2016 11:40:16 +0800

> The prsctp polices include ttl expires policy already, we should remove
> the old ttl expires codes, and just adjust the new polices' codes to be
> compatible with the old one for users.
> 
> This patch is to remove all the old expires codes, and if prsctp polices
> are not set, it will still set msg's expires_at and check the expires in
> sctp_check_abandoned.
> 
> Note that asoc->prsctp_enable is set by default, so users can't feel any
> difference even if they use the old expires api in userspace.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>

Applied.