Request for backport of 96125bf9985a75db00496dd2bc9249b777d2b19b

Request for backport of 96125bf9985a75db00496dd2bc9249b777d2b19b

[Loganaden Velvindron]

Hi folks,

I read the guidelines for LTS/stable.
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html


Although this is not a bugfix, I am humbly submitting a request so
that commit id
-- 96125bf9985a75db00496dd2bc9249b777d2b19b Allow 0.0.0.0/8 as a valid
address range --  is backported to all LTS kernels.

My motivation for such a request is that we need this patch to be as
widely deployed as possible and as early as possible for interop and
hopefully move into better utilization of ipv4 addresses space. Hence
my request for it be added to -stable.

Kind regards,
//Logan

Re: Request for backport of 96125bf9985a75db00496dd2bc9249b777d2b19b

[Loganaden Velvindron]

On Fri, Jul 5, 2019 at 6:15 PM Loganaden Velvindron <loganaden@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I read the guidelines for LTS/stable.
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
>
>
> Although this is not a bugfix, I am humbly submitting a request so
> that commit id
> -- 96125bf9985a75db00496dd2bc9249b777d2b19b Allow 0.0.0.0/8 as a valid
> address range --  is backported to all LTS kernels.
>
> My motivation for such a request is that we need this patch to be as
> widely deployed as possible and as early as possible for interop and
> hopefully move into better utilization of ipv4 addresses space. Hence
> my request for it be added to -stable.
>

Any feedback ?

> Kind regards,
> //Logan

Re: Request for backport of 96125bf9985a75db00496dd2bc9249b777d2b19b

[Dave Taht]

On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 11:01 AM Loganaden Velvindron
<loganaden@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jul 5, 2019 at 6:15 PM Loganaden Velvindron <loganaden@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I read the guidelines for LTS/stable.
> > https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
> >
> >
> > Although this is not a bugfix, I am humbly submitting a request so
> > that commit id
> > -- 96125bf9985a75db00496dd2bc9249b777d2b19b Allow 0.0.0.0/8 as a valid
> > address range --  is backported to all LTS kernels.
> >
> > My motivation for such a request is that we need this patch to be as
> > widely deployed as possible and as early as possible for interop and
> > hopefully move into better utilization of ipv4 addresses space. Hence
> > my request for it be added to -stable.
> >
>
> Any feedback ?
>
> > Kind regards,
> > //Logan

I am perfectly willing to wait a year or so on the -stable front to
see what, if any, problems that ensue from mainlining this in 5.3.
It's straightforward for distros that wish to do this backport (like
openwrt) to do it now, and other OSes will take longer than this to
adopt, regardless.


-- 

Dave Täht
CTO, TekLibre, LLC
http://www.teklibre.com
Tel: 1-831-205-9740

Re: Request for backport of 96125bf9985a75db00496dd2bc9249b777d2b19b

[Loganaden Velvindron]

On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 5:45 PM Dave Taht <dave.taht@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 11:01 AM Loganaden Velvindron
> <loganaden@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 5, 2019 at 6:15 PM Loganaden Velvindron <loganaden@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi folks,
> > >
> > > I read the guidelines for LTS/stable.
> > > https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
> > >
> > >
> > > Although this is not a bugfix, I am humbly submitting a request so
> > > that commit id
> > > -- 96125bf9985a75db00496dd2bc9249b777d2b19b Allow 0.0.0.0/8 as a valid
> > > address range --  is backported to all LTS kernels.
> > >
> > > My motivation for such a request is that we need this patch to be as
> > > widely deployed as possible and as early as possible for interop and
> > > hopefully move into better utilization of ipv4 addresses space. Hence
> > > my request for it be added to -stable.
> > >
> >
> > Any feedback ?
> >
> > > Kind regards,
> > > //Logan
>
> I am perfectly willing to wait a year or so on the -stable front to
> see what, if any, problems that ensue from mainlining this in 5.3.
> It's straightforward for distros that wish to do this backport (like
> openwrt) to do it now, and other OSes will take longer than this to
> adopt, regardless.
>
>
ping davem
> --
>
> Dave Täht
> CTO, TekLibre, LLC
> http://www.teklibre.com
> Tel: 1-831-205-9740

Re: Request for backport of 96125bf9985a75db00496dd2bc9249b777d2b19b

[David Miller]

From: Loganaden Velvindron <loganaden@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 23:25:49 +0400

> ping davem

I really don't want to send it to -stable, sorry...