netdev - Re: [PATCH] ipv6: addrconf: don't remove address state on ifdown if the address is being kept

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Date:	Fri, 12 Nov 2010 13:45:19 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	lorenzo@...gle.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, maze@...gle.com, brian.haley@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv6: addrconf: don't remove address state on ifdown
 if the address is being kept

From: Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@...gle.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 23:45:17 -0700

> On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 9:16 PM, Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@...gle.com> wrote:
>> Fix it so that none of this state is updated if the address is being kept on the interface.
> 
> Or, since the logic of the patched code is a little hard to follow,
> here's an alternative patch against 2.6.36. I think it does exactly
> the same as the previous patch, but it moves things around to make the
> result more readable.
> 
> Tested: Added a statically configured IPv6 address to an interface,
> started ping, brought link down, brought link up again. When link came
> up ping kept on going and "ip -6 maddr" showed that the host was still
> subscribed to there
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@...gle.com>

Ok, this looks good, applied.

Thanks for your patience.
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