[lvc-project] On KCM maintenance

[Tom Herbert]

On Fri, Aug 9, 2024 at 9:38 PM Jakub Kicinski <kuba at kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 9 Aug 2024 08:13:11 +0300 Dmitry Antipov wrote:
> > Recently I've posted a tiny pretend-to-be-a-fix for KCM sockets, see
> > https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20240801130833.680962-1-dmantipov@yandex.ru/T/#u,
> > and now I have a question about the subsystem's maintenance status. Since net/kcm
> > is not even listed in MAINTAINERS, it would be interesting to know whether the
> > subsystem in subject is actually alive and worth any further development efforts.
>
> Maybe float a patch to delete it, and let's see if anyone screams?
>
> The concept KCM implements is really nice, but the lack of bug reports
> also has been making me wonder if its in use.

It's possible it's not in use and I suppose we could see what happens.
Hopefully, it won't result in someone reinventing it...

Tom