netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv6, token: allow for clearing the current device token

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Message-ID: <5707B8E1.1060204@stressinduktion.org>
Date:	Fri, 8 Apr 2016 15:57:53 +0200
From:	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
To:	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>, davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	robbat2@...too.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv6, token: allow for clearing the current
 device token

On 08.04.2016 15:55, Daniel Borkmann wrote:
> The original tokenized iid support implemented via f53adae4eae5 ("net: ipv6:
> add tokenized interface identifier support") didn't allow for clearing a
> device token as it was intended that this addressing mode was the only one
> active for globally scoped IPv6 addresses. Later we relaxed that restriction
> via 617fe29d45bd ("net: ipv6: only invalidate previously tokenized addresses"),
> and we should also allow for clearing tokens as there's no good reason why
> it shouldn't be allowed.
>
> Fixes: 617fe29d45bd ("net: ipv6: only invalidate previously tokenized addresses")
> Reported-by: Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@...too.org>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
> Cc: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>

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

Thanks,
Hannes