netdev - Re: [patch net-next] ipv6: allow userspace to create address with IFLA_F

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Date:	Tue, 29 Oct 2013 14:11:38 +0100
From:	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, jiri@...nulli.us,
	vyasevich@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru,
	jmorris@...ei.org, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, kaber@...sh.net,
	thaller@...hat.com, stephen@...workplumber.org,
	Dave Taht <dave.taht@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [patch net-next] ipv6: allow userspace to create address with IFLA_F_TEMPORARY flag

On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 06:09:23AM -0700, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On Tue, 2013-10-29 at 13:40 +0100, Hannes Frederic Sowa wrote:
> 
> > Yes, this is a very unfortunate situation. From my experience it is not that
> > easy to get a patch merged into isc-dhcp.
> > 
> > It seems not that invasive to switch from af_packet to an udp socket with
> > SO_BROADCAST set.
> 
> Has anyone cooked and submitted such a patch ?

Not me, my patch was intended for the server side (dhcrelay correctly
choosing source addresses).

> I can visit ISC with a hammer if needed ;)

Actually that is a very big motivation for me to try to come up with a
patch at the weekend. ;-)

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