netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next V10] net: Variable SLAAC: SLAAC with prefixes of arbitrary length in PIO

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Date:   Thu, 14 Oct 2021 11:26:30 -0700
From:   Erik Kline <ek@...gle.com>
To:     Dmytro Shytyi <dmytro@...tyi.net>
Cc:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        yoshfuji <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>,
        kuznet <kuznet@....inr.ac.ru>, liuhangbin <liuhangbin@...il.com>,
        davem <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jscherpelz <jscherpelz@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next V10] net: Variable SLAAC: SLAAC with prefixes of
 arbitrary length in PIO

> This patch solves "Race to the bottom"  problem  in  VSLAAC.

How exactly does this "solve" the fundamental problem?