This series deprecates use of the OOT Kernel module.
The module itself was removed some time ago as detailed
in the NEWS entry this patchset adds.
In order to facilitate logging a warning message iif
the Kernel module is used, a small patch is included
to invert the assumption about the module being used
when OVS is run as an unprivileged user: i.e. via make check.
As discussed at OVS+OVN Conference 2025.
v2
- Minor edit to NEWS text
- Add Acked-by tag from Eelco
- Incorporated suggestions from Ilya
+ Use NEWS rather than News as patch prefix: it's the file's name
+ Add run-time deprecation warning message.
+ Document that the last supported release with the OOT module was
v2.17 rather than referring to the module's removal in v3.0.
+ Typo: use-space -> user-space
- Link to v1:
https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2025-December/428402.html
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Simon Horman (2):
dpif-netlink-rtnl: Tighten probe for OOT Kernel tunnels.
NEWS: Deprecate running user-space with OOT Kernel module.
NEWS | 8 +++++++-
lib/dpif-netlink-rtnl.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---
2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
base-commit: 5be77f1ecc521174af188ce9a9372c89db0d22e8
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