netdev - Re: Question about IPV6 forwarding and proxy

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Message-ID: <55a4f86e0910180037vb40b588qb02a6438a57f9875@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:37:55 -0700
From:	Maciej Żenczykowski <zenczykowski@...il.com>
To:	Linux Networking <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>
Subject: Re: Question about IPV6 forwarding and proxy_ndp

Just a quick follow up.

The current logic for when to do proxy ndp seems to be:

network_device_is_forwarding && (global_proxy_ndp_is_on ||
network_device_is configured_for_proxy_ndp)

Maybe this should be:

(network_device_is_forwarding && global_proxy_ndp_is_on) ||
network_device_is configured_for_proxy_ndp

After all, if the admin has explicitly set proxy ndp on this specific
device, then maybe he knows best?

Alternatively it could also just be:

global_proxy_ndp_is_on || network_device_is configured_for_proxy_ndp

and not bother with checking forwarding at all.


[It should be pointed out that ipv6/conf/all/forwarding is a very
different beast than ipv6/conf/<device>/forwarding, the first globally
turns on ipv6 forwarding, the second switches a device between 'I am a
host' and 'I am a router' modes of operation]
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