netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] ipv4: add option to drop gratuitous ARP packets

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Date:	Thu, 11 Feb 2016 04:27:56 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	johannes@...solutions.net
Cc:	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, ja@....bg,
	johannes.berg@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] ipv4: add option to drop gratuitous ARP packets

From: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Date: Thu,  4 Feb 2016 13:31:18 +0100

> From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>
> 
> In certain 802.11 wireless deployments, there will be ARP proxies
> that use knowledge of the network to correctly answer requests.
> To prevent gratuitous ARP frames on the shared medium from being
> a problem, on such deployments wireless needs to drop them.
> 
> Enable this by providing an option called "drop_gratuitous_arp".
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>

Applied.