netdev - Re: [PATCH ipsec-next] xfrm: Allow xfrmi if

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Date:   Mon, 23 Jul 2018 07:46:15 +0200
From:   Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
To:     Nathan Harold <nharold@...gle.com>
CC:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <lorenzo@...gle.com>,
        <benedictwong@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH ipsec-next] xfrm: Allow xfrmi if_id to be updated by UPDSA

On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 07:07:47PM -0700, Nathan Harold wrote:
> Allow attaching an SA to an xfrm interface id after
> the creation of the SA, so that tasks such as keying
> which must be done as the SA is created, can remain
> separate from the decision on how to route traffic
> from an SA. This permits SA creation to be decomposed
> in to three separate steps:
> 1) allocation of a SPI
> 2) algorithm and key negotiation
> 3) insertion into the data path
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Harold <nharold@...gle.com>

Applied to ipsec-next, thanks Nathan!