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    Merge tag 'net-next-5.10' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next · 9ff9b0d3
    Linus Torvalds authored
    Pull networking updates from Jakub Kicinski:
    
     - Add redirect_neigh() BPF packet redirect helper, allowing to limit
       stack traversal in common container configs and improving TCP
       back-pressure.
    
       Daniel reports ~10Gbps => ~15Gbps single stream TCP performance gain.
    
     - Expand netlink policy support and improve policy export to user
       space. (Ge)netlink core performs request validation according to
       declared policies. Expand the expressiveness of those policies
       (min/max length and bitmasks). Allow dumping policies for particular
       commands. This is used for feature discovery by user space (instead
       of kernel version parsing or trial and error).
    
     - Support IGMPv3/MLDv2 multicast listener discovery protocols in
       bridge.
    
     - Allow more than 255 IPv4 multicast interfaces.
    
     - Add support for Type of Service (ToS) reflection in SYN/SYN-ACK
       packets of TCPv6.
    
     - In Multi-patch TCP (MPTCP) support conc...
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