netdev - Re: [GIT] Networking

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Date:   Wed, 29 Jan 2020 17:21:51 -0800 (PST)
From:   Mat Martineau <mathew.j.martineau@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Christoph Paasch <cpaasch@...le.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT] Networking

On Wed, 29 Jan 2020, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 8:26 AM David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
>>
>> 12) Add initial support for MPTCP protocol, from Christoph Paasch,
>>     Matthieu Baerts, Florian Westphal, Peter Krystad, and many
>>     others.
>
> Hmm. This adds a MPTCP_HMAC_TEST config variable, and while it is
> "default n" (which is redundant - 'n' is the default anyway), it
> should likely instead be "depends on MPTCP".
>
> Because right now, if you say no to MPTCP, it will _still_ ask you
> about MPTCP_HMAC_TEST, which makes no sense. Even if you were to say
> 'y', there won't be any tests done since MPTCP isn't built at all.
>

Thanks for noting this. A fix is on the way:

https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/1231045/

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Mat Martineau
Intel