netdev - Re: Request for backport of 96125bf9985a75db00496dd2bc9249b777d2b19b

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Message-ID: <CAOp4FwSPJ8iKQYJmcm-KK0huBX6tUdae8Onz85R0ohBhX07gww@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 22 Jul 2019 23:25:49 +0400
From:   Loganaden Velvindron <loganaden@...il.com>
To:     Dave Taht <dave.taht@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Request for backport of 96125bf9985a75db00496dd2bc9249b777d2b19b

On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 5:45 PM Dave Taht <dave.taht@...il.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 11:01 AM Loganaden Velvindron
> <loganaden@...il.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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
>
> I am perfectly willing to wait a year or so on the -stable front to
> see what, if any, problems that ensue from mainlining this in 5.3.
> It's straightforward for distros that wish to do this backport (like
> openwrt) to do it now, and other OSes will take longer than this to
> adopt, regardless.
>
>
ping davem
> --
>
> Dave Täht
> CTO, TekLibre, LLC
> http://www.teklibre.com
> Tel: 1-831-205-9740