netdev - Re: [PATCH net 0/2] SO

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Message-ID: <CAF=yD-JoSTop+rTTRTCnWRrwE7T=gLLYP2xnH=g7sSwuM9iatA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 18 Dec 2018 09:33:01 -0500
From:   Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 0/2] SO_TIMESTAMPING fixes

On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 2:27 AM David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
>
> From: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
> Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 12:23:58 -0500
>
> > From: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>
> >
> > Fix two omissions:
> >
> > - tx timestamping is missing for AF_INET6/SOCK_RAW/IPPROTO_RAW
> > - SOF_TIMESTAMPING_OPT_ID is missing for IPPROTO_RAW, PF_PACKET, CAN
> >
> > Discovered while expanding the selftest in
> >
> >   tools/testing/selftests/networking/timestamping/txtimestamp.c
> >
> > Will send the test patchset to net-next once the fixes make it to that
> > branch. For now, it is available at
> >
> >   https://github.com/wdebruij/linux/commits/txtimestamp-test-1
>
> Series applied.
>
> What is your opinion about -stable for this?

Thanks David. Since these are just missing features that no one has
reported as actually having been missing a whole lot, I don't think
that they are worth the effort or risk.