netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: ipv6: send unsolicited NA on admin up

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Message-Id: <20170417.124558.1234386951708658418.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Mon, 17 Apr 2017 12:45:58 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     dsa@...ulusnetworks.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, hannes@...essinduktion.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: ipv6: send unsolicited NA on admin up

From: David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 11:49:04 -0700

> ndisc_notify is the ipv6 equivalent to arp_notify. When arp_notify is
> set to 1, gratuitous arp requests are sent when the device is brought up.
> The same is expected when ndisc_notify is set to 1 (per ndisc_notify in
> Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt). The NA is not sent on NETDEV_UP
> event; add it.
> 
> Fixes: 5cb04436eef6 ("ipv6: add knob to send unsolicited ND on link-layer address change")
> Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>

Applied, thanks.