netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] ipv6: send Change Status Report after DAD is completed

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Date:	Fri, 17 Jan 2014 18:13:02 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	fbl@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org,
	hannes@...essinduktion.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ipv6: send Change Status Report after DAD is
 completed

From: Flavio Leitner <fbl@...hat.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 19:27:59 -0200

> The RFC 3810 defines two type of messages for multicast
> listeners. The "Current State Report" message, as the name
> implies, refreshes the *current* state to the querier.
> Since the querier sends Query messages periodically, there
> is no need to retransmit the report.
> 
> On the other hand, any change should be reported immediately
> using "State Change Report" messages. Since it's an event
> triggered by a change and that it can be affected by packet
> loss, the rfc states it should be retransmitted [RobVar] times
> to make sure routers will receive timely.
> 
> Currently, we are sending "Current State Reports" after
> DAD is completed.  Before that, we send messages using
> unspecified address (::) which should be silently discarded
> by routers.
> 
> This patch changes to send "State Change Report" messages
> after DAD is completed fixing the behavior to be RFC compliant
> and also to pass TAHI IPv6 testsuite.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Flavio Leitner <fbl@...hat.com>

Applied.
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