From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net 0/3] ipv6: use rt6i_gateway as nexthop Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 18:40:57 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20131021.184057.328665907625927061.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1382272985-1528-1-git-send-email-ja@ssi.bg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org, lvs-devel@vger.kernel.org, yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org To: ja@ssi.bg Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1382272985-1528-1-git-send-email-ja@ssi.bg> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netfilter-devel.vger.kernel.org From: Julian Anastasov Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 15:43:02 +0300 > I see the following two alternatives for applying these > patches: > > 1. Linger patch 2 in net-next to avoid surprises in the upcoming > release. In this case patch 3 can be reworked not to depend on > the new rt6_nexthop() definition in patch 2. I guess this is a > better option, so that patch 2 can be reviewed and tested for > longer time. > > 2. Include all 3 patches in net tree - more risky because this > is my first attempt to change IPv6. I have decided to merge all three patches into -net right now. I've reviewed these patches several times and they look good to me. I'll let them cook upstream for at least a week before submitting them to -stable to let any last minute errors show themselves and subsequently get resolved. Thanks!