Re: Request for 3 patches.

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On Fri, Dec 8, 2023 at 11:03 PM Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Dec 08, 2023 at 02:17:36PM -0800, Maciej Żenczykowski wrote:
> >It appears that 4.14 (.332) and 4.19 (.301) LTS missed out on:
> >
> >  https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=66b5f1c439843bcbab01cc7f3854ae2742f3d1e3
> >  net-ipv6-ndisc: add support for RFC7710 RA Captive Portal Identifier
> >
> >while 4.14, 4.19 and 5.4 (.263) LTS missed out on:
> >
> >  https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c24a77edc9a7ac9b5fea75407f197fe1469262f4
> >  ipv6: ndisc: add support for 'PREF64' dns64 prefix identifier
> >and
> >  https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9175d3f38816835b0801bacbf4f6aff1a1672b71
> >  ipv6: ndisc: RFC-ietf-6man-ra-pref64-09 is now published as RFC8781
> >
> >Could we get these included?
> >They're trivial.
>
> They're trivial, but it really doesn't look like fixes...
>
> Isn't it there just to support a new RFC?

True, but the entirety of the rest of the required implementation is
entirely userspace.
This information just somehow has to be passed in from the RA to
userspace, and while using raw packet sockets is possible, it's a bit
painful.

If it helps any they're already in Android Common Kernel as far back as 4.9:
  https://android-review.googlesource.com/q/project:kernel/common+status:merged+pref64
which I guess does mean it doesn't really matter for me, just clearing
out an AI from my list...

> Thanks,
> Sasha





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