netdev - Re: [PATCH ipsec v3 0/2] xfrm: fix uapi for the default policy

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Date:   Fri, 17 Sep 2021 09:06:10 +0200
From:   Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
To:     Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
CC:     <davem@...emloft.net>, <kuba@...nel.org>,
        <antony.antony@...unet.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH ipsec v3 0/2] xfrm: fix uapi for the default policy

On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 04:46:32PM +0200, Nicolas Dichtel wrote:
> This feature has just been merged after the last release, thus it's still
> time to fix the uapi.
> As stated in the thread, the uapi is based on some magic values (from the
> userland POV).
> Here is a proposal to simplify this uapi and make it clear how to use it.
> The other problem was the notification: changing the default policy may
> radically change the packets flows.
> 
> v2 -> v3: rebase on top of ipsec tree
> 
> v1 -> v2: fix warnings reported by the kernel test robot
> 
> Nicolas Dichtel (2):
>   xfrm: make user policy API complete
>   xfrm: notify default policy on update

Applied, thanks a lot Nicolas!