Re: [PATH] tools/hotplug/Linux: Add IPv6 support to vif-common filtering

[George Dunlap <george.dunlap@eu.citrix.com>]

On 05/20/2013 05:12 PM, Ian Campbell wrote:
> On Mon, 2013-05-13 at 14:55 +0100, Sylvain Munaut wrote:
>> The vif-common.sh hotplug script doesn't support ipv6 iptables
>> filtering setup. The attached patch adds basic filtering capability so
>> that if an IPv6 is specified, it's added to the 'authorized' source
>> list.
>> Basically the same behavior as for ipv4.
>>
>> I've been using this patch for some time on xen 4.1 and I've just
>> forward ported it to xen master (it applied cleanly and didn't see any
>> changes that would matter).
>
> Thanks, this looks plausible, at least as far as I am able to tell. Is
> there anyone around who could review this from the ipv6/iptables PoV?
>
> WRT the release, we are now frozen for 4.3 and I'd be concerned about
> introducing a subtle (or not so subtle) networking regression. George
> what do you think?

Yeah, I think given that no one has been clamoring for it, it would be 
better to wait until 4.4.

  -George