netdev - Re: [PATCH] ipv6 addrconf: implement RFC7559 router solicitation backoff

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Date:   Fri, 30 Sep 2016 01:54:47 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     zenczykowski@...il.com
Cc:     maze@...gle.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, ek@...gle.com,
        lorenzo@...gle.com, hannes@...essinduktion.org,
        hideaki.yoshifuji@...aclelinux.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv6 addrconf: implement RFC7559 router solicitation
 backoff

From: Maciej Żenczykowski <zenczykowski@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 23:57:58 -0700

> From: Maciej Żenczykowski <maze@...gle.com>
> 
> This implements:
>   https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7559
> 
> Backoff is performed according to RFC3315 section 14:
>   https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3315#section-14
> 
> We allow setting /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/*/router_solicitations
> to a negative value meaning an unlimited number of retransmits,
> and we make this the new default (inline with the RFC).
> 
> We also add a new setting:
>   /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/*/router_solicitation_max_interval
> defaulting to 1 hour (per RFC recommendation).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Maciej Żenczykowski <maze@...gle.com>

Applied to net-next, thanks.