netdev - Re: [PATCH net] Revert "ipv6: Handle race in addrconf_dad

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Message-Id: <20191004.143226.1046593817417339949.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Fri, 04 Oct 2019 14:32:26 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     dsahern@...nel.org
Cc:     jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        rajendra.dendukuri@...adcom.com, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
        dsahern@...il.com, edumazet@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] Revert "ipv6: Handle race in addrconf_dad_work"

From: David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>
Date: Thu,  3 Oct 2019 14:46:15 -0700

> From: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
> 
> This reverts commit a3ce2a21bb8969ae27917281244fa91bf5f286d7.
> 
> Eric reported tests failings with commit. After digging into it,
> the bottom line is that the DAD sequence is not to be messed with.
> There are too many cases that are expected to proceed regardless
> of whether a device is up.
> 
> Revert the patch and I will send a different solution for the
> problem Rajendra reported.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>

Applied and the reverted patch removed from the -stable queue.