netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/1] ipv6: ignore looped-back NA while dad is running

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Date:	Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:44:57 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sahne@...0.at
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] ipv6: ignore looped-back NA while dad is running

From: Daniel Walter <sahne@...0.at>
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 09:09:25 +0200

> [ipv6] Ignore looped-back NAs while in Duplicate Address Detection
> 
> If we send an unsolicited NA shortly after bringing up an
> IPv6 address, the duplicate address detection algorithm
> fails and the ip stays in tentative mode forever. 
> This is due a missing check if the NA is looped-back to us.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Walter <dwalter@...racuda.com>

Applied to net-next-2.6
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