netdev - Re: [PATCH] ipv6: addrconf: fix /proc/net/if

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Date:	Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:01:21 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Jan Hinnerk Stosch <janhinnerk.stosch@...il.com>
Cc:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Mihai Maruseac <mihai.maruseac@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv6: addrconf: fix /proc/net/if_inet6

On Tue, 2012-10-16 at 20:30 +0200, Jan Hinnerk Stosch wrote:
> 2012/10/16 Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>:
> > From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> >
> > Commit 1d5783030a1 (ipv6/addrconf: speedup /proc/net/if_inet6 filling)
> > added bugs hiding some devices from if_inet6 and breaking applications.
> >
> > "ip -6 addr" could still display all IPv6 addresses, while "ifconfig -a"
> > couldnt.

Thanks Eric and Jan.  Well done.


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