netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: neighbour: Remove CONFIG

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Message-Id: <20130903.214202.2007386986702943063.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 03 Sep 2013 21:42:02 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	tim.gardner@...onical.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, jmorris@...ei.org, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org,
	kaber@...sh.net, ebiederm@...ssion.com, gaofeng@...fujitsu.com,
	joe@...ches.com, vfalico@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: neighbour: Remove CONFIG_ARPD

From: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@...onical.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 06:38:47 -0600

> This config option is superfluous in that it only guards a call
> to neigh_app_ns(). Enabling CONFIG_ARPD by default has no
> change in behavior. There will now be call to __neigh_notify()
> for each ARP resolution, which has no impact unless there is a
> user space daemon waiting to receive the notification, i.e.,
> the case for which CONFIG_ARPD was designed anyways.
> 
> Suggested-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
 ...
> Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@...onical.com>

Applied, thanks.
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