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=46rom: Timo_Ter=E4s <timo.teras@iki.fi>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:20:42 +0200

> Where as the pfkey bug fix is non-intrusive and helps all
> legacy applications still using af_key by _fixing a bug in
> kernel_.

It's not a bug.  You're fixing a speed issue, not a crash
or a case where AF_KEY is providing incorrect data.

That is what I mean when I mean "life support", we fix crashes and
data corruption.  We don't make performance tweaks.