netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 00/36] net/tcp: Add TCP-AO support

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Date:   Tue, 1 Nov 2022 17:35:41 +0000
From:   Dmitry Safonov <dima@...sta.com>
To:     David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        Bob Gilligan <gilligan@...sta.com>,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Dmitry Safonov <0x7f454c46@...il.com>,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>,
        "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        Francesco Ruggeri <fruggeri@...sta.com>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>,
        Ivan Delalande <colona@...sta.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Leonard Crestez <cdleonard@...il.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Salam Noureddine <noureddine@...sta.com>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 00/36] net/tcp: Add TCP-AO support

Hi David,

On 11/1/22 02:22, David Ahern wrote:
> Thinking about how to move the TCP-AO intent forward: clearly a 36-patch
> set is a bit much. The first 6 patches are prep work, and we know there
> is a use case for those.
> 
> We could handle patches 3 and 4 as a stand alone set first.
> 
> Once merged, deal with the crypto API and users until those maintainers
> are good. That would be patches 1, 2, 5 and 6.
> 
> Once those are merged it drops down to just networking patches with
> selftests. Those can be split into AO (19) and selftests (11) making it
> 4 total sets of manageable size.
> 
> The AO patches can be reviewed until convergence on a good starting point.
> 
> Sound reasonable?

That sounds reasonable to me.
I'll submit patches 3 & 4 for review and then, once merged, 1, 2, 5 and
6. And later (re)-base TCP-AO on linux-next.

Thanks,
          Dmitry