netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/3] [IPV6]: Event type in addrconf

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Message-Id: <20080323.224905.187680373.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:49:05 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	den@...nvz.org
Cc:	yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, kaber@...sh.net,
	containers@...ts.osdl.org, dlezcano@...ibm.com,
	benjamin.thery@...l.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] [IPV6]: Event type in addrconf_ifdown is mis-used.

From: "Denis V. Lunev" <den@...nvz.org>
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:34:59 +0300

> You are perfectly correct and the place in addrconf_cleanup is that
> place when we believe that we should destroy all the staff.
> 
> You see, it is pretty useless to call addrconf_ifdown(dev, 2) after
> addrconf_dev(dev, 0) for a loopback in the current code! No new cleanups
> will be performed for 2, pls check :)

Ok, I'll take another close look at this and apply your patches
if I agree with you :-)
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