netdev - Re: Request for backport of 96125bf9985a75db00496dd2bc9249b777d2b19b

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Date:   Mon, 15 Jul 2019 22:01:14 +0400
From:   Loganaden Velvindron <loganaden@...il.com>
To:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Request for backport of 96125bf9985a75db00496dd2bc9249b777d2b19b

On Fri, Jul 5, 2019 at 6:15 PM Loganaden Velvindron <loganaden@...il.com> wrote:
>
> 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.
>

Any feedback ?

> Kind regards,
> //Logan