netdev - Re: [PATCH net] tipc: not enable tipc when ipv6 works as a module

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Message-ID: <CADvbK_erTeDHk_Mh911=3AhSnL1+YNXNau-sLgm_2_eMUixvjQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 18 Aug 2020 15:59:59 +0800
From:   Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>
To:     Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
        Jon Maloy <jmaloy@...hat.com>,
        Ying Xue <ying.xue@...driver.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        tipc-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] tipc: not enable tipc when ipv6 works as a module

On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 6:20 AM Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 2:39 PM David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> >
> > From: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
> > Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2020 13:59:46 -0700
> >
> > > Is this a new Kconfig feature? ipv6_stub was introduced for
> > > VXLAN, at that time I don't remember we have such kind of
> > > Kconfig rules, otherwise it would not be needed.
> >
> > The ipv6_stub exists in order to allow the troublesome
> > "ipv6=m && feature_using_ipv6=y" combination.
For certain code, instead of IS_ENABLE(), use IS_REACHABLE().

>
> Hmm, so "IPV6=m && TIPC=y" is not a concern here as you pick
> this patch over adding a ipv6_stub?
>
This is more a question for TIPC users.

Hi, Jon and Ying,

Have you met any users having "IPV6=m && TIPC=y" in their kernels?