Re: [PATCHv2 net-next 3/5] sctp: add SCTP_EXPOSE_POTENTIALLY_FAILED_STATE sockopt

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On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 9:02 PM David Laight <David.Laight@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Xin Long
> > Sent: 08 October 2019 12:25
> >
> > This is a sockopt defined in section 7.3 of rfc7829: "Exposing
> > the Potentially Failed Path State", by which users can change
> > pf_expose per sock and asoc.
>
> If I read these patches correctly the default for this sockopt in 'enabled'.
> Doesn't this mean that old application binaries will receive notifications
> that they aren't expecting?
>
> I'd have thought that applications would be required to enable it.
If we do that, sctp_getsockopt_peer_addr_info() in patch 2/5 breaks.

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