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 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6C51C433DF for ; Mon, 17 Aug 2020 04:10:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCDEC20674 for ; Mon, 17 Aug 2020 04:10:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726662AbgHQEKF convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Aug 2020 00:10:05 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:41536 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726273AbgHQEKF (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Aug 2020 00:10:05 -0400 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net (shards.monkeyblade.net [IPv6:2620:137:e000::1:9]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 458A3C061388 for ; Sun, 16 Aug 2020 21:10:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:601:9f00:477::3d5]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: davem-davemloft) by shards.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B1E0C1260D062; Sun, 16 Aug 2020 20:53:17 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2020 21:10:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20200816.211002.1955628031429504263.davem@davemloft.net> To: linus.luessing@c0d3.blue Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, roopa@cumulusnetworks.com, nikolay@cumulusnetworks.com, bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org, gluon@luebeck.freifunk.net, openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next] bridge: Implement MLD Querier wake-up calls / Android bug workaround From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20200816202424.3526-1-linus.luessing@c0d3.blue> References: <20200816202424.3526-1-linus.luessing@c0d3.blue> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.8 on Emacs 26.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Sun, 16 Aug 2020 20:53:18 -0700 (PDT) Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org From: Linus Lüssing Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2020 22:24:24 +0200 > I'm aware that this is quite a hack, so I'm unsure if this is suitable > for upstream. On the other hand, the Android ticket isn't moving > anywhere and even if it were fixed in Android, I'd expect it to take > years until that fix would propagate or unpatched Android devices to > vanish. So I'm wondering if it should be treated like a hardware bug > workaround and by that should be suitable for applying it upstream in > the Linux kernel? Long after those Android devices are deprecated and no longer used, we will still have this ugly hack in the tree. Sorry, we're not doing this.