Re: [PATCH net-next 0/8] mptcp: Add genl events for connection info

From: Mat Martineau <redacted>
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2021 20:46:30 -0800 (PST)

On Fri, 12 Feb 2021, Mat Martineau wrote:

quoted

This series from the MPTCP tree adds genl multicast events that are
important for implementing a userspace path manager. In MPTCP, a path
manager is responsible for adding or removing additional subflows on
each MPTCP connection. The in-kernel path manager (already part of the
kernel) is a better fit for many server use cases, but the additional
flexibility of userspace path managers is often useful for client
devices.

Patches 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 do some refactoring to streamline the
netlink
event implementation in the final patch.

Patch 3 improves the timeliness of subflow destruction to ensure the
'subflow closed' event will be sent soon enough.

Patch 7 allows use of the GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM flag on genl mcast
groups
to mandate CAP_NET_ADMIN, which is important to protect token
information
in the MPTCP events. This is a genetlink change.

David -

I noticed that this series got merged to net-next and shows as
"Accepted" in patchwork:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next.git/commit/?id=0a2f6b32cc45e3918321779fe90c28f1ed27d2af


However, somehow patch 7 did not propagate through the netdev list and
does not show up in patchwork or the merged series!

I did put patch 7 into the commit, so no worries...