netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: ipv6: Don't purge default router if accept

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Date:	Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:15:23 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	lorenzo@...gle.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: ipv6: Don't purge default router if accept_ra=2

From: Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@...gle.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013 15:46:46 +0900

> Setting net.ipv6.conf.<interface>.accept_ra=2 causes the kernel
> to accept RAs even when forwarding is enabled. However, enabling
> forwarding purges all default routes on the system, breaking
> connectivity until the next RA is received. Fix this by not
> purging default routes on interfaces that have accept_ra=2.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@...gle.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable.
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