linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] neighbour: confirm neigh entries when ARP packet is received

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Message-ID: <11ed0447-bcf9-8590-94bb-1a4b842ee002@cogentembedded.com>
Date:   Wed, 12 Sep 2018 12:05:00 +0300
From:   Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:     Vasily Khoruzhick <vasilykh@...sta.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>,
        Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
        Jim Westfall <jwestfall@...realistic.net>,
        Wolfgang Bumiller <w.bumiller@...xmox.com>,
        Vasily Khoruzhick <anarsoul@...il.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Ihar Hrachyshka <ihrachys@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] neighbour: confirm neigh entries when ARP packet is
 received

Hello!

On 9/11/2018 9:04 PM, Vasily Khoruzhick wrote:

> Update 'confirmed' timestamp when ARP packet is received. It shouldn't
> affect locktime logic and anyway entry can be confirmed by any higher-layer
> protocol. Thus it makes to sense not to confirm it when ARP packet is

    "Makes sense" or "makes no sense"?

> received.
> 
> Fixes: 77d7123342 ("neighbour: update neigh timestamps iff update is
> effective")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vasily Khoruzhick <vasilykh@...sta.com>
[...]

MBR, Sergei