From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from smtp1.osuosl.org (smtp1.osuosl.org [140.211.166.138]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1037AC79FBF for ; Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:33:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp1.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A931280D60; Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:33:04 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavis at osuosl.org Received: from smtp1.osuosl.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp1.osuosl.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavis, port 10024) with ESMTP id j-_bMO4XGVKw; Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:33:04 +0000 (UTC) ARC-Filter: OpenARC Filter v1.3.0 smtp1.osuosl.org DF0CB80E46 Authentication-Results: smtp1.osuosl.org; arc=fail smtp.remote-ip=140.211.166.142 ARC-Seal: i=2; d=osuosl.org; s=arc; a=rsa-sha256; cv=fail; t=1789054384; b=fkwNBUki+WZV/tTnlS5yJU4uCtHjHOQEqD/FJzJscMofljw/UvX+a/pOh9nNmrobbLyh PBHaOl/VGYyuRAqggMBF+sqd2o+Gv52FsLlva/Olr7RZ2JCKfvME2QZjQ30CeT/vu5qWS cWWYkrzfp/m8alw5BcKfAD9dZlfwnCJ93zNe9jnAvfPOTgB0mKi7boZbNokwcMf0GEXTp XFjfEbaczLKPzePNZWYQG5+2xn6z3HX+i5lClaWcGyXdJRzowhdYWWZYV4pqszGNl7tkV 3gfOrWMarneNBxpLrQ+m1EzmiKzJg/MDLMyq/bqXUGOWZfJcRyibuXOXOL7Wf0HAXHQ== ARC-Message-Signature: i=2; d=osuosl.org; s=arc; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1789054384; h=X-Comment:DKIM-Signature:X-Original-To:Delivered-To:Received: Received:X-Virus-Scanned:X-Spam-Flag:X-Spam-Score:X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status:Received:ARC-Filter:X-Greylist:Received-SPF:Received: Received:DKIM-Signature:DKIM-Signature:DKIM-Signature:DKIM-Signature: Received:Received:Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:User-Agent:Subject:To: Cc:References:Content-Language:From:In-Reply-To:Content-Type: Content-Transfer-Encoding:X-Spamd-Result:X-BeenThere: X-Mailman-Version:Precedence:List-Id:List-Unsubscribe:List-Archive: List-Post:List-Help:List-Subscribe:Errors-To; bh=u+K7ooVeSqRxjIANte2bbg3RZ65EwBMeUVjE/SVMc5A=; b=O0bF7gybQeTDua/P/20TOksVfsOwWsSF+PJD5K0RCcVWZYbvAuS2/EKask37uRGgDGr4 Ep1zs6+Jvo92RPGjXjCSe8ipfsQbxRbl1Qt38l4cSQlxWI20WlELfWArmxQTpTLxIMOsb Luo7yMpTVbYprqYqJeO2ZB3N9vn+3eWV3RBoro93BAD3OVAqZ9TwdTlzncqQfhfeuTCr7 672jkgJ371o9UEEKJPFEnMONbgrb4RabVq7+F7aeMU9HiJcenW/0AbRDW8RsunSYng5nn 1Qu6atm5YjNAUqYMIr7w9mC6pIjfHBdgLek+a04y/hYPuPCzc40zcIejnHAAoyVuMHA== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=2; smtp1.osuosl.org; arc=fail smtp.remote-ip=140.211.166.142 X-Comment: SPF check N/A for local connections - client-ip=140.211.166.142; helo=lists1.osuosl.org; envelope-from=intel-wired-lan-bounces@osuosl.org; receiver= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=osuosl.org; s=default; t=1789054383; bh=u+K7ooVeSqRxjIANte2bbg3RZ65EwBMeUVjE/SVMc5A=; h=Date:Subject:To:Cc:References:From:In-Reply-To:List-Id: List-Unsubscribe:List-Archive:List-Post:List-Help:List-Subscribe: From; b=lRmI9UiYEoc+69ES/9g6al04hIEiac6svjgqfeBVWIvB4S/giXTsijGvN5nafR4cn 6FsSGm21l8OTizUMGEfsZmCKVFTwBsvM+diz5fUbqnxHlr7OptLRNPyPL+MX4dfRB+ S/A3mlIGCqq+To5D5cTJ7cauCi0cMjbsCrdUuueqZJ3FpJp8VPsPUZpmnSNc5nMcwA 8DLDsexvogmNT1uV/1pi0PkrXo30mvjwqpJVRDm1+up81UWR96h9kkIK+2XiNs6hsQ dC+8qhMPc/C0uaEDFwTsi9OXgvYiPjEUfJkb8uk1rum+iz+nxVrNUci9vxO1hL7GXv F4tJjAUnKghpg== Received: from lists1.osuosl.org (lists1.osuosl.org [140.211.166.142]) by smtp1.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF0CB80E46; Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:33:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp3.osuosl.org (smtp3.osuosl.org [140.211.166.136]) by lists1.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CA79769 for ; Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:33:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp3.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F452607C4 for ; Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:33:02 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavis at osuosl.org Received: from smtp3.osuosl.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp3.osuosl.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavis, port 10024) with ESMTP id z-MFzJEO03sU for ; Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:33:01 +0000 (UTC) ARC-Filter: OpenARC Filter v1.3.0 smtp3.osuosl.org 4A7CB60B6C Authentication-Results: smtp3.osuosl.org; arc=none smtp.remote-ip=195.135.223.131 ARC-Seal: i=1; d=osuosl.org; s=arc; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; t=1789054381; b=VhY+JEVNffUMNfSYKxXZtz2oIwrKsT7woknM4jdgpHum2vzjVtMQMTJ2fzfcAQgQebQM U5o6QMMUwbKlwY0oDWr+H3sF3XhzcaXt4WLZ/3n6p5FRBstzaJH28pQK+4i6gOrl6g/Jh sj2lFOQEa/wXsZzUmyl7Tfy5GN816vYZPtcF1gtEXwLViJ/W18tkhaDIwN1jxQlhFwSiS +o/i/FxrPZvVP90wzeWVf7aYbGTembwWK60n4a/VCqj8tI1CdnwDJifPu56R6Ly18TrXv nMxBDEAaFNihah+xSnN0x0AiQ/s+EMDOWdRblR8p+wc8HFCO1N1Y62edq5IlI+/PC4w== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; d=osuosl.org; s=arc; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1789054381; h=X-Greylist:Received-SPF:Received:DKIM-Signature:DKIM-Signature: DKIM-Signature:DKIM-Signature:Received:Received:Message-ID:Date: MIME-Version:User-Agent:Subject:To:Cc:References:Content-Language: From:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:X-Spam-Score: X-Spam-Level:X-Spamd-Result:X-Spam-Flag; bh=u+K7ooVeSqRxjIANte2bbg3RZ65EwBMeUVjE/SVMc5A=; b=UAxkj/Q56Z/lDKkt6SvXV00bjpHnX9cJjGpN8dARZqP87yD1BGNNxZC3u+a20GA6WjGP gQPREmLFzwnEp75BiwmQ/wFMEbq9I0IVyGILj8qjbk8veKEVflbm7bJ5b6rvtpg1JMKqF Q8UNuSt01+BaM+sTe17TM8bCogFO9b6g8LynZwF5X62JiJGd8yUCjfOExAzW91Cjm7iIu /bFHy62U1iv831KWoa6pXnOIllryljPjYOxp6K0AM/Jj0kBOI+Wit0sWYavz5rZRtqG5N 5RxNXqcvSfBb3zWKdmvIrOy1FbenJnCFHh8YulT/pkffuwC00I3HFRMEOuy8uC44OSQ== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; smtp3.osuosl.org; dmarc=pass header.from=suse.de; dkim=pass header.d=suse.de header.i=@suse.de header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=susede2_rsa header.b=Ye0ZfhhC; dkim=pass header.d=suse.de header.i=@suse.de header.a=ed25519-sha256 header.s=susede2_ed25519 header.b=CFJEDO+G; dkim=pass header.d=suse.de header.i=@suse.de header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=susede2_rsa header.b=XJXdvWaF; dkim=neutral header.d=suse.de header.i=@suse.de header.a=ed25519-sha256 header.s=susede2_ed25519 header.b="X/YemN1Z"; arc=none smtp.remote-ip=195.135.223.131 X-Greylist: delayed 2570 seconds by postgrey-1.37 at util1.osuosl.org; Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:33:01 UTC Authentication-Results: smtp3.osuosl.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=suse.de Authentication-Results: smtp3.osuosl.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=suse.de header.i=@suse.de header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=susede2_rsa header.b=Ye0ZfhhC; dkim=pass header.d=suse.de header.i=@suse.de header.a=ed25519-sha256 header.s=susede2_ed25519 header.b=CFJEDO+G; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=suse.de header.i=@suse.de header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=susede2_rsa header.b=XJXdvWaF; dkim=neutral header.d=suse.de header.i=@suse.de header.a=ed25519-sha256 header.s=susede2_ed25519 header.b=X/YemN1Z Received-SPF: Pass (mailfrom) identity=mailfrom; client-ip=195.135.223.131; helo=smtp-out2.suse.de; envelope-from=fmancera@suse.de; receiver= Received: from smtp-out2.suse.de (smtp-out2.suse.de [195.135.223.131]) by smtp3.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4A7CB60B6C for ; Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:33:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from imap1.dmz-prg2.suse.org (unknown [10.150.64.97]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by smtp-out2.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 05A371FE0B; Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:32:50 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=suse.de; s=susede2_rsa; t=1789054374; h=from:from:reply-to:date:date:message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc: mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=u+K7ooVeSqRxjIANte2bbg3RZ65EwBMeUVjE/SVMc5A=; b=Ye0ZfhhC5Lmz/BxATsM2B+JzJtLa8HYRZzjN2qTnCWADRr6tpIkldt5l15o0L5el79nBz2 oxOoqtQd2ouUdCLsphREEXlorloZZHY2/rFncCrdsARA22zuA49YjggNQYafpgpHqYkRO6 j9whO/q1716g3jKwYWpPYf+drdXl+x8= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=ed25519-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=suse.de; s=susede2_ed25519; t=1789054374; h=from:from:reply-to:date:date:message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc: mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=u+K7ooVeSqRxjIANte2bbg3RZ65EwBMeUVjE/SVMc5A=; b=CFJEDO+GQCFf0ce6h7Qw97LPvPGntfnxuuvt147Evijut8os4kPxwuboU+JLN1tLWEGHXC YKBKJGAx7Xn6d0BA== Authentication-Results: smtp-out2.suse.de; none DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=suse.de; s=susede2_rsa; t=1789054370; h=from:from:reply-to:date:date:message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc: mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=u+K7ooVeSqRxjIANte2bbg3RZ65EwBMeUVjE/SVMc5A=; b=XJXdvWaFFLx8zFfzQHInjvc/ynoER3OZ5wux2JpT5ct+UqLpqlLniDhzvJOip6EDunwaDq quHk2QHvF40YLVGOA+vgEf/w+GlazRd7eXPybgJfxPkseGWQhtjkNr2+S3AMlkX3w5EE5W oM0GMnKUGclL7NeHFKYCPmbRMvs3VrQ= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=ed25519-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=suse.de; s=susede2_ed25519; t=1789054370; h=from:from:reply-to:date:date:message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc: mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=u+K7ooVeSqRxjIANte2bbg3RZ65EwBMeUVjE/SVMc5A=; b=X/YemN1ZpByULvRUTvR6JHpWh1rpkcxrIY4nd4XWcdtghJ/BM/ZPQz32A8R3KZxhdbyfKL v4PU0Kq3UpVylZBg== Received: from imap1.dmz-prg2.suse.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by imap1.dmz-prg2.suse.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 757391326D; Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:32:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dovecot-director2.suse.de ([2a07:de40:b281:106:10:150:64:167]) by imap1.dmz-prg2.suse.org with ESMTPSA id bsfdGZvNomr8FQAAD6G6ig (envelope-from ); Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:32:43 +0000 Message-ID: <5a4d00a9-65ba-4f58-8c0f-9d6ce97f6bad@suse.de> Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:32:04 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/13 net-next] net: ipv4: introduce CONFIG_IPV4 to decouple the IPv4 stack To: Nicolai Buchwitz Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, horms@kernel.org, kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, edumazet@google.com, davem@davemloft.net, Jason Gunthorpe , Leon Romanovsky , Andrew Lunn , Tony Nguyen , Przemek Kitszel , Elad Nachman , Saeed Mahameed , Tariq Toukan , Mark Bloch , Ido Schimmel , Petr Machata , Edward Cree , Maxime Chevallier , Maxime Coquelin , Alexandre Torgue , Arend van Spriel , Miri Korenblit , Keith Busch , Jens Axboe , Christoph Hellwig , Sagi Grimberg , Chaitanya Kulkarni , Saurav Kashyap , Javed Hasan , GR-QLogic-Storage-Upstream@marvell.com, "James E.J. Bottomley" , "Martin K. Petersen" , Nilesh Javali , Manish Rangankar , Varun Prakash , Alexander Viro , Christian Brauner , Jan Kara , David Howells , Marc Dionne , Trond Myklebust , Anna Schumaker , Chuck Lever , Jeff Layton , NeilBrown , Olga Kornievskaia , Dai Ngo , Tom Talpey , Marek Lindner , Simon Wunderlich , Antonio Quartulli , Sven Eckelmann , Nikolay Aleksandrov , Pablo Neira Ayuso , Florian Westphal , Phil Sutter , Johannes Berg , Matthieu Baerts , Mat Martineau , Geliang Tang , Julian Anastasov , Aaron Conole , Eelco Chaudron , Ilya Maximets , Allison Henderson , Jamal Hadi Salim , Jiri Pirko , Marcelo Ricardo Leitner , Xin Long , "D. Wythe" , Dust Li , Sidraya Jayagond , Mahanta Jambigi , Tony Lu , Wen Gu , Jon Maloy , Tung Quang Nguyen , Steffen Klassert , Herbert Xu , Casey Schaufler , Paul Moore , James Morris , "Serge E. Hallyn" , Vikas Gupta , Bhargava Marreddy , Rajashekar Hudumula , =?UTF-8?Q?Markus_Bl=C3=B6chl?= , Arnd Bergmann , Heiner Kallweit , Florian Fainelli , Krzysztof Kozlowski , Qingfang Deng , Julian Braha , Ethan Nelson-Moore , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Eric Biggers , Ard Biesheuvel , Neal Cardwell , Kuniyuki Iwashima , Willem de Bruijn , Alyssa Ross , Joel Granados , Oleg Nesterov , linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org, oss-drivers@corigine.com, linux-net-drivers@amd.com, linux-stm32@st-md-mailman.stormreply.com, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, brcm80211@lists.linux.dev, brcm80211-dev-list.pdl@broadcom.com, linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, target-devel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-afs@lists.infradead.org, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org, bridge@lists.linux.dev, netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org, coreteam@netfilter.org, mptcp@lists.linux.dev, lvs-devel@vger.kernel.org, dev@openvswitch.org, rds-devel@oss.oracle.com, linux-sctp@vger.kernel.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, tipc-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org References: <20260910144914.8025-1-fmancera@suse.de> <20260910144914.8025-2-fmancera@suse.de> Content-Language: en-US From: Fernando Fernandez Mancera In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-0.80 / 50.00]; BAYES_HAM(-3.00)[100.00%]; FORGED_RECIPIENTS(2.00)[m:nb@tipi-net.de, m:netdev@vger.kernel.org, m:pabeni@redhat.com, m:edumazet@google.com, m:davem@davemloft.net, m:jgg@ziepe.ca, m:anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com, m:przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com, m:ecree.xilinx@gmail.com, m:maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com, m:mcoquelin.stm32@gmail.com, m:alexandre.torgue@foss.st.com, m:arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com, m:miriam.rachel.korenblit@intel.com, m:axboe@kernel.dk, m:sagi@grimberg.me, m:James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com, m:varun@chelsio.com, m:viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, m:jack@suse.cz, m:dhowells@redhat.com, m:marc.dionne@auristor.com, m:neil@brown.name, m:okorniev@redhat.com, m:tom@talpey.com, m:sw@simonwunderlich.de, m:razor@blackwall.org, m:fw@strlen.de, m:johannes@sipsolutions.net, m:ja@ssi.bg, m:aconole@redhat.com, m:echaudro@redhat.com, m:jiri@resnulli.us, m:marcelo.leitner@gmail.com, m:lucien.xin@gmail.com, m:jmaloy@redhat.com, m:tung.quang.nguyen@est.tech, m:steffen.klassert@secunet.com, m:herbert@gondor.apana.org.au, m:casey@schaufler-ca.com, m:serge@hallyn.c om,m:vikas.gupta@broadcom.com,m:bhargava.marreddy@broadcom.com,m:rajashekar.hudumula@broadcom.com,m:markus@blochl.de,m:arnd@arndb.de,m:hkallweit1@gmail.com,m:florian.fainelli@broadcom.com,m:julianbraha@gmail.com,m:enelsonmoore@gmail.com,s:linux-afs@lists.infradead.org,s:linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,s:linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org,s:brcm80211@lists.linux.dev,s:bridge@lists.linux.dev,s:mptcp@lists.linux.dev,s:b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org,s:intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org,s:tipc-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net,s:coreteam@netfilter.org,s:dev@openvswitch.org,s:rds-devel@oss.oracle.com]; SUSPICIOUS_RECIPS(1.50)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.20)[-0.999]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; TAGGED_RCPT(0.00)[netdev]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_SIGNED(0.00)[suse.de:s=susede2_rsa,suse.de:s=susede2_ed25519]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; FREEMAIL_CC(0.00)[vger.kernel.org,kernel.org,redhat.com,google.com,davemloft.net,ziepe.ca,lunn.ch,intel.com,marvell.com,nvidia.com,gmail.com,bootlin.com,foss.st.com,broadcom.com,kernel.dk,lst.de,grimberg.me,hansenpartnership.com,chelsio.com,zeniv.linux.org.uk,suse.cz,auristor.com,brown.name,oracle.com,talpey.com,mailbox.org,simonwunderlich.de,mandelbit.com,narfation.org,blackwall.org,netfilter.org,strlen.de,nwl.cc,sipsolutions.net,ssi.bg,ovn.org,mojatatu.com,resnulli.us,linux.alibaba.com,linux.ibm.com,est.tech,secunet.com,gondor.apana.org.au,schaufler-ca.com,paul-moore.com,namei.org,hallyn.com,blochl.de,arndb.de,linux.dev,linuxfoundation.org,alyssa.is,lists.osuosl.org,corigine.com,amd.com,st-md-mailman.stormreply.com,lists.infradead.org,lists.linux.dev,lists.open-mesh.org,openvswitch.org,oss.oracle.com,lists.sourceforge.net]; R_RATELIMIT(0.00)[to_ip_from(RLu5qefsf3rq4khkdydytudeq9)]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_GT_50(0.00)[133]; DBL_BLOCKED_OPENRESOLVER(0.00)[imap1.dmz-prg2.suse.org:helo, suse.de:mid, suse.de:email] X-BeenThere: intel-wired-lan@osuosl.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.30 Precedence: list List-Id: Intel Wired Ethernet Linux Kernel Driver Development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: intel-wired-lan-bounces@osuosl.org On 9/10/26 5:11 PM, Nicolai Buchwitz wrote: > Hi Fernando, > > Thanks for the patch - after nearly 30 years IPv6 should be mature > enough :) > > On 10.9.2026 16:48, Fernando Fernandez Mancera wrote: >> Historically, the IPv4 protocol has been linked to the core INET >> subsystem. Because shared infrastructure like the TCP/UDP engine, >> routing or INET hashtables live inside net/ipv4/, it has been impossible >> to compile a kernel with only IPv6 support. >> >> This patch introduces the CONFIG_IPV4 Kconfig symbol, which is set to >> 'def_bool y' for now. This does not allow to completely disable the >> IPv4 stack yet but it lays the necessary build-system work for that >> goal. >> >> In addition, multiple subsystems Kconfig symbols across networking >> features like tunnels, drivers and filesystems have been adjusted to >> depend on IPv4. Keep on mind that follow-up work is required to convert >> the Kconfig symbol to bool and remove the dependency on IPv4 where it >> makes sense. >> >> Signed-off-by: Fernando Fernandez Mancera >> --- > >> [...] > >> diff --git a/net/packet/Kconfig b/net/packet/Kconfig >> index 2997382d597c..00fda9e08cb0 100644 >> --- a/net/packet/Kconfig >> +++ b/net/packet/Kconfig >> @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ >> >>  config PACKET >>      tristate "Packet socket" >> +    depends on IPV4 > >   depends on IPV4 || !INET > > Otherwise this would break existing configs with INET=n. The same applies > to other affected options that currently permit INET=n. That is a good point. I will review the other configs too. Thanks! Fernando. > >> [...] > > Thanks, > Nicolai >