netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] ipv4: move local_port_range out of CONFIG

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Date:	Wed, 07 May 2014 17:26:41 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	xiyou.wangcong@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, romieu@...zoreil.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] ipv4: move local_port_range out of
 CONFIG_SYSCTL

From: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Date: Tue,  6 May 2014 11:02:49 -0700

> From: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
> 
> When CONFIG_SYSCTL is not set, ip_local_port_range should still work,
> just that no one can change it. Therefore we should move it out of sysctl_inet.c.
> Also, rename it to ->ip_local_ports instead.
> 
> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
> Cc: Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
> Reported-by: Stefan de Konink <stefan@...ink.de>
> Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>

I think these two changes fix fairly serious issues that have existed for some
time, so it should go into 'net', do you agree?
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