netdev - Re: Remove IPv6 ND prefix on ethernet disconnect?

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Date:	Thu, 23 Jun 2011 01:33:11 +0200
From:	Hagen Paul Pfeifer <hagen@...u.net>
To:	Harald Welte <laforge@...monks.org>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Remove IPv6 ND prefix on ethernet disconnect?

* Harald Welte | 2011-06-22 23:41:29 [+0200]:

>My point is: If it's the kernel that automatically adds it, why is it
>not the kernel that automatically deletes it when it is no longer safe
>to assume it is valid (such as after loosing the link)?

Is loosing the link a sufficient criterion to restart ND? IMHO it is superior
to keep the same IP address (I assume privacy extension enabled) in the same
network if you lose the link artificial.

Environments where the link goes down and up again may suffer from such a
behavior. Maybe a script in Network Manager may be the better place. For me it
sounds like a policy thing which should not handled in the kernel.

But yes Harald, I understand your objection! ;-)

Hagen
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