netdev - Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: automatically enable stable privacy mode if stable

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Date:	Tue, 15 Dec 2015 23:38:04 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	hannes@...essinduktion.org
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, bjorn@...k.no
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: automatically enable stable privacy mode if
 stable_secret set

From: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 22:59:12 +0100

> Bjørn reported that while we switch all interfaces to privacy stable mode
> when setting the secret, we don't set this mode for new interfaces. This
> does not make sense, so change this behaviour.
> 
> Fixes: 622c81d57b392cc ("ipv6: generation of stable privacy addresses for link-local and autoconf")
> Reported-by: Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>
> Cc: Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>
> Signed-off-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>

Agreed, the current behavior makes no sense at all.

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.
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