Re: [PATCH v4 1/6] netlink: Reverse the patch which removed filtering

From: Anjali Kulkarni
Date: Wed Apr 26 2023 - 19:59:27 EST




> On Apr 3, 2023, at 1:50 PM, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 2 Apr 2023 02:32:19 +0000 Anjali Kulkarni wrote:
>>> Who are you hoping will merge this?
>> Could I request you to look into merging the patches which seem ok to
>> you, since you are listed as the maintainer for these? I can make any
>> more changes for the connector patches if you see the need..
>
> The first two, you mean? We can merge them, but we need to know that
> the rest is also going somewhere. Kernel has a rule against merging
> APIs without any in-tree users, so we need a commitment that the
> user will also reach linux-next before the merge window :(
>
Jakub, could you please look into reviewing patches 3,4 & 5 as well? Patch 4 is just test code. Patch 3 is fixing bug fixes in current code so should be good to have - also it is not too connector specific. I can explain patch 5 in more detail if needed.
> Christian was commenting on previous releases maybe he can take or just
> review the last 4 patches?
Christian, could you please look into reviewing patch 6? This just deals with who can get the exit notifications.

Thanks
Anjali