netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v6 1/3] scm: add SO_PASSPIDFD and SCM

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Message-ID: <CAEivzxcTEghPqk=9hQMReSGzE=ruWnJyiuPhW5rGd7eUOEg12A@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 May 2023 17:45:25 +0200
From: Aleksandr Mikhalitsyn <aleksandr.mikhalitsyn@...onical.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: Luca Boccassi <bluca@...ian.org>, Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>, davem@...emloft.net, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, 
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, 
	Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>, David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, 
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...zon.com>, 
	Lennart Poettering <mzxreary@...inter.de>, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v6 1/3] scm: add SO_PASSPIDFD and SCM_PIDFD

On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 5:19 PM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 24 May 2023 11:47:50 +0100 Luca Boccassi wrote:
> > > I will send SO_PEERPIDFD as an independent patch too, because it
> > > doesn't require this change with CONFIG_UNIX
> > > and we can avoid waiting until CONFIG_UNIX change will be merged.
> > > I've a feeling that the discussion around making CONFIG_UNIX  to be a
> > > boolean won't be easy and fast ;-)
> >
> > Thank you, that sounds great to me, I can start using SO_PEERPIDFD
> > independently of SCM_PIDFD, there's no hard dependency between the
> > two.
>
> How about you put the UNIX -> bool patch at the end of the series,
> (making it a 4 patch series) and if there's a discussion about it
> I'll just skip it and apply the first 3 patches?

Sure, I will do that!

>
> In the (IMHO more likely) case that there isn't a discussion it saves
> me from remembering to chase you to send that patch ;)

Thanks a lot, Jakub!

Kind regards,
Alex