netdev - Re: [RFC][PATCH] Fixing SA/SP dumps on netlink/af

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Message-Id: <20080117.013107.241902256.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:31:07 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	timo.teras@....fi
Cc:	herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, hadi@...erus.ca,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] Fixing SA/SP dumps on netlink/af_key

From: Timo_Teräs <timo.teras@....fi>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:20:42 +0200

> Where as the pfkey bug fix is non-intrusive and helps all
> legacy applications still using af_key by _fixing a bug in
> kernel_.

It's not a bug.  You're fixing a speed issue, not a crash
or a case where AF_KEY is providing incorrect data.

That is what I mean when I mean "life support", we fix crashes and
data corruption.  We don't make performance tweaks.
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