netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] net: Allow changing IPv4 address protocol

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Date:   Thu, 23 Mar 2023 08:40:20 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Petr Machata <petrm@...dia.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
        pabeni@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, dsahern@...nel.org,
        shuah@...nel.org, idosch@...dia.com, Jacques.De.Laval@...termo.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] net: Allow changing IPv4 address protocol

Hello:

This series was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>:

On Tue, 21 Mar 2023 12:51:58 +0100 you wrote:
> IPv4 and IPv6 addresses can be assigned a protocol value that indicates the
> provenance of the IP address. The attribute is modeled after ip route
> protocols, and essentially allows the administrator or userspace stack to
> tag addresses in some way that makes sense to the actor in question.
> 
> When IP address protocol field was added in commit 47f0bd503210 ("net: Add
> new protocol attribute to IP addresses"), the semantics included the
> ability to change the protocol for IPv6 addresses, but not for IPv4
> addresses. It seems this was not deliberate, but rather by accident.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next,1/3] net: ipv4: Allow changing IPv4 address protocol
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/5c4a9aa856c7
  - [net-next,2/3] selftests: rtnetlink: Make the set of tests to run configurable
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/ecb3c1e675c7
  - [net-next,3/3] selftests: rtnetlink: Add an address proto test
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/6a414fd77f61

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