Re: [PATCH net-next RESEND v3 2/2] net/smc: support ipv4 mapped ipv6 addr client for smc-r v2

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On 12/11/24 19:54, Halil Pasic wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Dec 2024 10:30:55 +0800
> Guangguan Wang <guangguan.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> AF_INET6 is not supported for smc-r v2 client before, even if the
>> ipv6 addr is ipv4 mapped. Thus, when using AF_INET6, smc-r connection
>> will fallback to tcp, especially for java applications running smc-r.
>> This patch support ipv4 mapped ipv6 addr client for smc-r v2. Clients
>> using real global ipv6 addr is still not supported yet.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Guangguan Wang <guangguan.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Reviewed-by: Wen Gu <guwen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Reviewed-by: Dust Li <dust.li@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Reviewed-by: D. Wythe <alibuda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Reviewed-by: Wenjia Zhang <wenjia@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Reviewed-by: Halil Pasic <pasic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Sorry for the late remark, but does this need a Fixes tag? I mean
> my gut feeling is that this is a bugfix -- i.e. should have been
> working from the get go -- and not a mere enhancement. No strong
> opinions here.

FTR: my take is this is really a new feature, as the ipv6 support for
missing from the smc-r v2 introduction and sub-system maintainers
already implicitly agreed on that via RB tags.

Cheers,

/P





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