From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Patrick McHardy Subject: Re: iptables release Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:30:44 +0100 Message-ID: <474D2734.3010601@trash.net> References: <474C4B67.3000200@trash.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Netfilter Core Team , Netfilter Development Mailinglist To: Jesper Dangaard Brouer Return-path: Received: from stinky.trash.net ([213.144.137.162]:39812 "EHLO stinky.trash.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751627AbXK1Iax (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:30:53 -0500 In-Reply-To: Sender: netfilter-devel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netfilter-devel.vger.kernel.org Jesper Dangaard Brouer wrote: > On Tue, 27 Nov 2007, Patrick McHardy wrote: > >> I have a large number of pending patches for iptables for new >> matches and targets. I'm not going apply patches for new things >> unless they are at least in a -rc kernel, so we have a chance to >> fix mistakes. So my question is whether we're ready to release >> the current iptables -rc anytime soon (before/when 2.6.24 is >> released) or whether we're more likely going to need until 2.6.25, >> in which case I would apply them now. > > What about my performance/scalability patches, do I need to wait another > kernel cycle to see them released? > > I think that, at least patch 1/2 should be applied, as its a obvious fix. Yes, the first one is obviously fine. I'm going to apply it now. > For at patch 2/2, I would like some comments on the type casting, e.g. > if it will work on all platforms e.g. 64-bit. I'll have a closer look.