netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: ipv6: lower ndisc notifier priority below addrconf

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Message-Id: <20170809.224017.2033688992102919192.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Wed, 09 Aug 2017 22:40:17 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     dsahern@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: ipv6: lower ndisc notifier priority
 below addrconf

From: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Date: Tue,  8 Aug 2017 15:51:02 -0600

> ndisc_notify is used to send unsolicited neighbor advertisements
> (e.g., on a link up). Currently, the ndisc notifier is run before the
> addrconf notifer which means NA's are not sent for link-local addresses
> which are added by the addrconf notifier.
> 
> Fix by lowering the priority of the ndisc notifier. Setting the priority
> to ADDRCONF_NOTIFY_PRIORITY - 5 means it runs after addrconf and before
> the route notifier which is ADDRCONF_NOTIFY_PRIORITY - 10.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>

Applied, thanks David.