Re: [PATCH net 1/5] mptcp: avoid combining some incoming suboptions

Matthieu Baerts <[email protected]> Fri, 31 Jul 2026 11:59:53 +0200
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.mptcp,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.netdev,org.kernel.vger.stable
Organization NGI0 Core
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi Jakub,

On 30/07/2026 22:27, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Jul 2026 10:14:53 +0200 Matthieu Baerts wrote:
>> On 30/07/2026 02:23, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
>>> On Tue, 28 Jul 2026 19:11:57 +0200 Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) wrote:  
>>>> Some MPTCP suboptions are mutually exclusive according to the RFC8684,
>>>> but also because in different places, the code doesn't expect some
>>>> combinations to be present. That's specially true for suboptions that
>>>> would be present twice, but with different attributes.  
>>>
>>> Looks like Clashiko has much to say about this patch.
>>> Could you check?  
>>
>> Sure, I will check that.
>>
>> Do you think Clashiko could look at patches from the MPTCP ML as well?
>> Because the (deprecated?) AI review tool we use didn't find anything:
>>
>> https://netdev-ai.bots.linux.dev/ai-review.html?id=d1d1ff69-0f15-4812-ad16-e4f6f2df9f6b
>>
>> Or maybe that's because the model is different, and this can be easily
>> fixed? Or maybe the prompts are different too?
>>
>> I'm asking, mainly because once patches have been accepted in our tree,
>> it can be hard to have the original author fixing them. Not to block
>> other patches too long, I often have to fix them, so I would prefer to
>> get the same review tools (if possible) to prevent that :)
> 
> Sorry about that, I know it's annoying. Not the best time TBH.
> I'm modifying our instances very actively, I don't want to have
> to worry about the extra surface of integrations. Hopefully things
> converge soon and we can switch you over and kill that old service
> we had completely.

No problem, I understand and can wait.

Cheers,
Matt
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