netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: ipv6: send unsolicited NA if enabled for all interfaces

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Date:   Wed, 19 Apr 2017 22:30:32 +0300
From:   Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:     David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     hannes@...essinduktion.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: ipv6: send unsolicited NA if enabled for
 all interfaces

Hello!

On 04/19/2017 10:05 PM, David Ahern wrote:

> When arp_notify is set to 1 for either a specific interface or for 'all'
> interfaces, gratuitous arp requests are sent. Since ndisc_notify is the
> ipv6 equivalent to arp_notify, it should follow the same semantics.
> Commit 4a6e3c5def13 sends the NA on admin up. The final piece is checking

    Need to also specify the commit summary line enclosed into (""), just like 
below.

> devconf_all->ndisc_notify in addition to the per device setting. Add it.
>
> Fixes: 5cb04436eef6 ("ipv6: add knob to send unsolicited ND on link-layer address change")
> Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
[...]

MBR, Sergei