netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/4] net/ipv6: RFC6724 rule 5.5 preparations

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Message-ID: <aIS8Jsz2CEKhOiP6@eidolon.nox.tf>
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2025 13:29:42 +0200
From: David Lamparter <equinox@...c24.net>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: Patrick Rohr <prohr@...gle.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/4] net/ipv6: RFC6724 rule 5.5 preparations

On Fri, Jul 25, 2025 at 05:39:58PM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Jul 2025 17:00:37 +0200 David Lamparter wrote:
> > let's try this again, this time without accidentally shadowing the 'err'
> > variable.  Sigh.  (Apologies for the immediate v2.)
> > 
> > following 4 patches are preparations for RFC6724 (IPv6 source address
> > selection) rule 5.5, which says "prefer addresses announced by the
> > router you're using".  The changes here just pass down the route into
> > the source address selection code, it's not used for anything yet.
> > (Any change of behavior from these patches is a mistake on my end.)
> 
> Would you mind reposting after the merge window (>= Aug 11th)?

ACK, I'm {hoping,waiting} for a Reviewed-by from Patrick as well
(@Patrick: hint, hint), and for the actual RFC6724 r5.5 code I'm still
working on a kselftest.