netdev - Re: why are IPv6 addresses removed on link down

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Date:	Tue, 13 Jan 2015 10:13:52 -0500
From:	Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>
To:	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...hat.com>
Cc:	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
	YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <hideaki.yoshifuji@...aclelinux.com>,
	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: why are IPv6 addresses removed on link down

On (01/13/15 16:09), Hannes Frederic Sowa wrote:
> 
> Yes, it does have something to do with it. But I didn't understand what
> you meant by doing DAD on the interface-id.

I have to dig up the RFCs for this, but I recall that, at one point,
the specs assert that it is sufficient to verify that the interface-id
(I think via DAD for the link-local address) is unique, and use
that to infer uniqueness of all the other non-link-local addresses
as well.

I think later specs may have changed that, asserting that the
correct, safe, proper thing to do is to separately DAD each address
by itself.

> If you look at the patches I just posted, only addresses which are in
> link-local and not in permanent state will be flushed.
> 
> I also need to do research on how to safely approach this, I don't know,
> yet.
> 
> Bye,
> Hannes
> 
> 
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