netdev - Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: set all.accept

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Message-ID: <c5de42c5-35b0-9775-c9df-44228f4c40c3@6wind.com>
Date:   Tue, 14 Nov 2017 10:43:42 +0100
From:   Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
To:     Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@...hat.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Matteo Croce <mcroce@...hat.com>, Erik Kline <ek@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: set all.accept_dad to 0 by default

Le 14/11/2017 à 03:24, Stefano Brivio a écrit :
> On Mon, 13 Nov 2017 14:45:36 +0100
> Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com> wrote:
> 
>> The commit a2d3f3e33853 modifies the way to disable dad on an interface.
>> Before the patch, setting <iface>.accept_dad to 0 was enough to disable it.
>> Because all.accept_dad is set to 1 by default, after the patch, the user
>> needs to set both all.accept_dad and <iface>.accept_dad to 0 to disable it.
> 
> Perhaps it would make sense to be a bit more descriptive here, this
> seems to have generated quite some confusion.
Yes, I agree. I will send a v2.


Thank you,
Nicolas