netdev - RE: [PATCH 1/4] IPv6: keep route for tentative address

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Date:	Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:17:49 -0600
From:	"Tantilov, Emil S" <emil.s.tantilov@...el.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/4] IPv6: keep route for tentative address

Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> Recent changes preserve IPv6 address when link goes down (good).
> But would cause address to point to dead dst entry (bad).
> The simplest fix is to just not delete route if address is
> being held for later use.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
> 
> 
> --- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c	2010-04-11 12:19:37.938082190 -0700
> +++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c	2010-04-11 12:25:05.349309074 -0700
> @@ -4046,7 +4046,8 @@ static void __ipv6_ifa_notify(int event,
>  			addrconf_leave_anycast(ifp);
>  		addrconf_leave_solict(ifp->idev, &ifp->addr);
>  		dst_hold(&ifp->rt->u.dst);
> -		if (ip6_del_rt(ifp->rt))
> +
> +		if (ifp->dead && ip6_del_rt(ifp->rt))
>  			dst_free(&ifp->rt->u.dst);
>  		break;
>  	}

Stephen,

With these series of patches (1-4) applied I am no longer seeing the
hangs and warnings associated with ipv6. I ran few rounds of
tests with resetting the interface and loading/unloading modules.

Thanks a lot for looking into this!
Emil--
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