netdev - Re: [PATCH] net/ipv6: lower the level of "link is not ready" messages

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Message-Id: <20190122.204308.162543596275068081.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Tue, 22 Jan 2019 20:43:08 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     lkundrak@...sk
Cc:     kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        thaller@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/ipv6: lower the level of "link is not ready"
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From: Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@...sk>
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 14:54:20 +0100

> This message gets logged far too often for how interesting is it.
> 
> Most distributions nowadays configure NetworkManager to use randomly
> generated MAC addresses for Wi-Fi network scans. The interfaces end up
> being periodically brought down for the address change. When they're
> subsequently brought back up, the message is logged, eventually flooding
> the log.
> 
> Perhaps the message is not all that helpful: it seems to be more
> interesting to hear when the addrconf actually start, not when it does
> not. Let's lower its level.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@...sk>

This has always bugged me too.

Applied, thanks!