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

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Message-ID: <20201014203416.6e0a1604@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.dhcp.thefacebook.com>
Date:   Wed, 14 Oct 2020 20:34:16 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>
Cc:     network dev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org,
        Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>,
        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 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.

Otherwise we can defer until after the merge window.