netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v7 05/16] quic: provide quic.h header files for kernel and userspace

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Message-ID: <a9c9f16b-f695-4009-945c-ac3b03631596@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:23:30 +0100
From: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
To: Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>, network dev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v7 05/16] quic: provide quic.h header files for
 kernel and userspace

On 1/15/26 4:11 PM, Xin Long wrote:
> This commit adds quic.h to include/uapi/linux, providing the necessary
> definitions for the QUIC socket API. Exporting this header allows both
> user space applications and kernel subsystems to access QUIC-related
> control messages, socket options, and event/notification interfaces.
> 
> Since kernel_get/setsockopt() is no longer available to kernel consumers,
> a corresponding internal header, include/linux/quic.h, is added. This
> exposes quic_do_get/setsockopt() to handle QUIC socket options directly
> for kernel subsystems.
> 
> Detailed descriptions of these structures are available in [1], and will
> be also provided when adding corresponding socket interfaces in the
> later patches.
> 
> [1] https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-lxin-quic-socket-apis
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tyler Fanelli <tfanelli@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Metzmacher <metze@...ba.org>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Dreibholz <dreibh@...ula.no>
> Signed-off-by: Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>

Acked-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>