netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] ipv6: send Change Status Report after DAD is completed

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Date:	Fri, 17 Jan 2014 17:02:02 +0100
From:	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
To:	Flavio Leitner <fbl@...hat.com>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ipv6: send Change Status Report after DAD is completed

On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 07:27:59PM -0200, Flavio Leitner wrote:
> The RFC 3810 defines two type of messages for multicast
> listeners. The "Current State Report" message, as the name
> implies, refreshes the *current* state to the querier.
> Since the querier sends Query messages periodically, there
> is no need to retransmit the report.
> 
> On the other hand, any change should be reported immediately
> using "State Change Report" messages. Since it's an event
> triggered by a change and that it can be affected by packet
> loss, the rfc states it should be retransmitted [RobVar] times
> to make sure routers will receive timely.
> 
> Currently, we are sending "Current State Reports" after
> DAD is completed.  Before that, we send messages using
> unspecified address (::) which should be silently discarded
> by routers.
> 
> This patch changes to send "State Change Report" messages
> after DAD is completed fixing the behavior to be RFC compliant
> and also to pass TAHI IPv6 testsuite.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Flavio Leitner <fbl@...hat.com>

I don't see any obvious problems and looks spec conformant, thanks!

Acked-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>

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