linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] net/ipv6: allow device-only routes via the multipath API

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Message-ID: <19ab97e3d43.d406735b451318.2141568304607547279@azey.net>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 06:30:49 +0100
From: azey <me@...y.net>
To: "Jakub Kicinski" <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: "David Ahern" <dsahern@...nel.org>,
	"nicolasdichtel" <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"Eric Dumazet" <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	"Paolo Abeni" <pabeni@...hat.com>, "Simon Horman" <horms@...nel.org>,
	"netdev" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net/ipv6: allow device-only routes via the multipath
 API

On 2025-11-25 05:20:37 +0100  Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Nov 2025 05:00:59 +0100 azey wrote:
> > My main concern is that I keep my on/offline identities very separated,
> > so you couldn't find me by my real name anywhere online. And offline,
> > my legal name is common enough that you couldn't single me out by it
> > alone either.
> > 
> > My understanding is that the sign-off name should be what you can
> > identify and contact me by in case of any problems, which my legal
> > name is not. As per Linus' commit I linked:
> > 
> > > the sign-off needed to be something we could check back with.  
> 
> Feel free to appeal to Linus or Greg KH if you think it's worth their
> time (I don't).
> 
> I hope I don't regret saying this. But my understanding is that the
> real reason the wording was changed was that there are surprisingly
> many countries in the world which have legal requirements on the name.
> For instance, in the past(!) Greece forced Macedonians to use a
> Greekified spelling of their name. IDK the details but IIUC Lithuania
> requires certain spelling of Polish names too (I could be wrong). etc.
> 
> The rule was loosened because someone may culturally want to spell
> their name one way, but their "legal" name is forced to be localized.

Just looking through the commit history, there are plenty of one-off
contributors using nicknames. E.g.:

git log --pretty=format:"%an <%ae>" | grep '^[A-Za-z0-9]* <' | sort | uniq -u

This shows ~700 authors with a single commit which identify themselves
with a first name or alias only, so I don't think this can be true.
Also, I feel like that'd be indicated in the commit message if it was.

> It does not mean we will entertain people who "want to be anonymous
> online".
> 
> This is my final comment on this.

Mine as well, until someone else chimes in.