netdev - Request for backport of 96125bf9985a75db00496dd2bc9249b777d2b19b

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Date:   Fri, 5 Jul 2019 18:15:00 +0400
From:   Loganaden Velvindron <loganaden@...il.com>
To:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Dave Taht <dave.taht@...il.com>
Subject: Request for backport of 96125bf9985a75db00496dd2bc9249b777d2b19b

Hi folks,

I read the guidelines for LTS/stable.
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html

Although this is not a bugfix, I am humbly submitting a request so
that commit id
-- 96125bf9985a75db00496dd2bc9249b777d2b19b Allow 0.0.0.0/8 as a valid
address range --  is backported to all LTS kernels.

My motivation for such a request is that we need this patch to be as
widely deployed as possible and as early as possible for interop and
hopefully move into better utilization of ipv4 addresses space. Hence
my request for it be added to -stable.

Kind regards,
//Logan