linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] neighbour: confirm neigh entries when ARP packet is received

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Date:   Thu, 13 Sep 2018 12:02:41 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com
Cc:     vasilykh@...sta.com, roopa@...ulusnetworks.com,
        adobriyan@...il.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
        stephen@...workplumber.org, jwestfall@...realistic.net,
        w.bumiller@...xmox.com, anarsoul@...il.com, keescook@...omium.org,
        ihrachys@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] neighbour: confirm neigh entries when ARP packet is
 received

From: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2018 21:26:42 +0300

> Hello!
> 
> On 09/13/2018 09:12 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 sense to confirm it when ARP packet is received.
>> 
>> Fixes: 77d7123342 ("neighbour: update neigh timestamps iff update is effective")
> 
>    Need at least 12 hex digits... Perhaps could be fixed when applying?

Yeah I took care of that.

> 
>> Signed-off-by: Vasily Khoruzhick <vasilykh@...sta.com>
> [...]

Applied and queued up for -stable.