netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv6: Make 'addrconf_rs_timer' send Router Solicitations (and re-arm itself) if Router Advertisements are accepted

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Date:	Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:00:19 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	shmulik.ladkani@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, tgraf@...g.ch,
	tore@....no, amikoren@...oo.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv6: Make 'addrconf_rs_timer' send Router
 Solicitations (and re-arm itself) if Router Advertisements are accepted

From: Shmulik Ladkani <shmulik.ladkani@...il.com>
Date: Sun,  2 Dec 2012 13:44:53 +0200

> As of 026359b [ipv6: Send ICMPv6 RSes only when RAs are accepted],
> Router Solicitations are sent whenever kernel accepts Router
> Advertisements on the interface.
> 
> However, this logic isn't reflected in 'addrconf_rs_timer'.
> 
> The timer fails to issue subsequent RS messages (and fails to re-arm
> itself) if forwarding is enabled and the special hybrid mode is
> enabled (accept_ra=2).
> 
> Fix the condition determining whether next RS should be sent, by using
> 'ipv6_accept_ra()'.
> 
> Reported-by: Ami Koren <amikoren@...oo.com>
> Signed-off-by: Shmulik Ladkani <shmulik.ladkani@...il.com>

Applied, thanks.
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