netdev - Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: fix reachability confirmation with proxy

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Date:   Mon, 23 Jan 2023 11:20:17 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Gergely Risko <gergely.risko@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
        yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, dsahern@...nel.org, edumazet@...gle.com,
        kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: fix reachability confirmation with proxy_ndp

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (master)
by David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>:

On Thu, 19 Jan 2023 14:40:41 +0100 you wrote:
> When proxying IPv6 NDP requests, the adverts to the initial multicast
> solicits are correct and working.  On the other hand, when later a
> reachability confirmation is requested (on unicast), no reply is sent.
> 
> This causes the neighbor entry expiring on the sending node, which is
> mostly a non-issue, as a new multicast request is sent.  There are
> routers, where the multicast requests are intentionally delayed, and in
> these environments the current implementation causes periodic packet
> loss for the proxied endpoints.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] ipv6: fix reachability confirmation with proxy_ndp
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/9f535c870e49

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