netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv6: recreate ipv6 link-local addresses when increasing MTU over IPV6_MIN

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Date:	Mon, 26 Oct 2015 21:45:12 +0100
From:	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
To:	Jay Vosburgh <jay.vosburgh@...onical.com>
Cc:	Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv6: recreate ipv6 link-local addresses when
 increasing MTU over IPV6_MIN_MTU

Hi,

On Mon, Oct 26, 2015, at 20:16, Jay Vosburgh wrote:
> Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org> wrote:
> 
> >Hello Alex,
> >
> >On Mon, Oct 26, 2015, at 16:52, Alexander Duyck wrote:
> >> Seems like this code isn't quite correct.  You are calling ipv6_add_dev 
> >> for slave devices, and if I understand things correctly I don't believe 
> >> that was happening before and may be an unintended side effect.
> >
> >Ah, btw., autoconf and ipv6 operation on IFF_SLAVE devices is actually
> >desired nowadays and don't think we can change this. See also:
> ><https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/531196/>
> 
> 	IPv6 addrconf on IFF_SLAVE devices was disabled for bonding
> slaves in commit c2edacf80e15 because it caused issues with snooping
> switches.
> 
> 	This is also referenced in
> 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=236750
> 
> 	Won't re-enabling autoconf on IFF_SLAVE devices cause that issue
> to return?

Both patches don't enable autoconf on IFF_SLAVE devices. Sorry for being
imprecise. The referred patch was changing the behavior to whether the
device had a master device.

@Alex, I will take your patch and submit it with the necessary guards to
not enable ipv6 again if we forcefully disable ipv6 and later on shrink
and increase the MTU again. I will do so in your name. Thanks again for
the patch!

Bye,
Hannes
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