netdev - Re: [PATCH net-2.6][NEIGH] Updating affected neighbours when about MAC address change

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Message-ID: <20071225005328.GA29077@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Tue, 25 Dec 2007 08:53:28 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	jamal <hadi@...erus.ca>
Cc:	David Shwatrz <dshwatrz@...il.com>, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org,
	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-2.6][NEIGH] Updating affected neighbours when about MAC address change

On Mon, Dec 24, 2007 at 09:50:59AM -0500, jamal wrote:
>
> Herbert, i agree with you that userspace is the best spot for this[1];
> we unfortunately have precedence already on the kernel sending arps with
> bonding when link status changes (that was added recently).
> So it sounds reasonable to have this patch in the kernel as well.

Well just because we've made a mistake in the past does not mean
that we should repeat it over and over again.  If we keep doing
this the kernel will soon end up as a whole heap of junk.

Cheers,
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