netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] ipv6 addrconf: Implemented enhanced DAD (RFC7527)

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Date:   Wed, 30 Nov 2016 10:58:06 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     nordmark@...sta.com
Cc:     kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, jmorris@...ei.org, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org,
        kaber@...sh.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, gilligan@...sta.com,
        hannes@...essinduktion.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] ipv6 addrconf: Implemented enhanced DAD
 (RFC7527)

From: Erik Nordmark <nordmark@...sta.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2016 15:26:05 -0800

> Implemented RFC7527 Enhanced DAD.
> IPv6 duplicate address detection can fail if there is some temporary
> loopback of Ethernet frames. RFC7527 solves this by including a random
> nonce in the NS messages used for DAD, and if an NS is received with
> the
> same nonce it is assumed to be a looped back DAD probe and is ignored.
> RFC7527 is enabled by default. Can be disabled by setting both of
> conf/{all,interface}/enhanced_dad to zero.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Erik Nordmark<nordmark@...sta.com>
> Signed-off-by: Bob Gilligan<gilligan@...sta.com>"
> ---
> 
> v2: renamed sysctl and made it default to true, plus minor code review
> fixes

This doesn't apply to net-next, please respin.

Also, please format your signoffs correctly, there must be a space
between your name and the <> enclosed email address.

I always wonder why people elide spaces when formatting text, is
there a global shortage of space characters that I am unaware of?