netdev - Re: [PATCHv3 net-next 00/16] sctp: Implement RFC6951: UDP Encapsulation of SCTP

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Date:   Thu, 15 Oct 2020 09:41:37 -0300
From:   Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>,
        network dev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org, Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>,
        Michael Tuexen <tuexen@...muenster.de>, davem@...emloft.net,
        gnault@...hat.com, pabeni@...hat.com,
        willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 net-next 00/16] sctp: Implement RFC6951: UDP
 Encapsulation of SCTP

On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 08:34:16PM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Oct 2020 15:27:25 +0800 Xin Long wrote:
> > Description From the RFC:
> > 
> >    The Main Reasons:
> > 
> >    o  To allow SCTP traffic to pass through legacy NATs, which do not
> >       provide native SCTP support as specified in [BEHAVE] and
> >       [NATSUPP].
> > 
> >    o  To allow SCTP to be implemented on hosts that do not provide
> >       direct access to the IP layer.  In particular, applications can
> >       use their own SCTP implementation if the operating system does not
> >       provide one.
> 
> Marcelo, Neil - please review if you want this one to make 5.10.

On the works!

> Otherwise we can defer until after the merge window.

Probably not needed.

Thanks,
Marcelo