Re: [PATCH net-next RESEND v3 2/2] net/smc: support ipv4 mapped ipv6 addr client for smc-r v2

Halil Pasic
2024-12-11T18:54:57Z

On Wed, 11 Dec 2024 10:30:55 +0800
Guangguan Wang <guangguan.wang@linux.alibaba.com> wrote:

> AF_INET6 is not supported for smc-r v2 client before, even if the
> ipv6 addr is ipv4 mapped. Thus, when using AF_INET6, smc-r connection
> will fallback to tcp, especially for java applications running smc-r.
> This patch support ipv4 mapped ipv6 addr client for smc-r v2. Clients
> using real global ipv6 addr is still not supported yet.
>
> Signed-off-by: Guangguan Wang <guangguan.wang@linux.alibaba.com>
> Reviewed-by: Wen Gu <guwen@linux.alibaba.com>
> Reviewed-by: Dust Li <dust.li@linux.alibaba.com>
> Reviewed-by: D. Wythe <alibuda@linux.alibaba.com>
> Reviewed-by: Wenjia Zhang <wenjia@linux.ibm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Halil Pasic <pasic@linux.ibm.com>

Sorry for the late remark, but does this need a Fixes tag? I mean
my gut feeling is that this is a bugfix -- i.e. should have been
working from the get go -- and not a mere enhancement. No strong
opinions here.

Halil