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Message-ID: <CC331DE1-DB40-43A7-9211-6DE08837F717@oracle.com>
Date:   Tue, 4 Apr 2023 18:06:02 +0000
From:   Anjali Kulkarni <anjali.k.kulkarni@...cle.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/6] netlink: Reverse the patch which removed filtering



> On Apr 3, 2023, at 1:50 PM, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 2 Apr 2023 02:32:19 +0000 Anjali Kulkarni wrote:
>>> Who are you hoping will merge this?  
>> Could I request you to look into merging the patches which seem ok to
>> you, since you are listed as the maintainer for these? I can make any
>> more changes for the connector patches if you see the need..
> 
> The first two, you mean? We can merge them, but we need to know that
Yes, even perhaps the first 3:-), since the third one has bug fixes which looked ok to you?

> the rest is also going somewhere. Kernel has a rule against merging
> APIs without any in-tree users, so we need a commitment that the
> user will also reach linux-next before the merge window :(
Yes, sounds right.
> 
> Christian was commenting on previous releases maybe he can take or just
> review the last 4 patches?
Sounds fine too. I hope Christian can review these.

Anjali