netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 resend] ipv6/addrconf: fix timing bug in tempaddr regen

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Message-Id: <165641161331.8568.270478184823480963.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date:   Tue, 28 Jun 2022 10:20:13 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Sam Edwards <cfsworks@...il.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, dsahern@...nel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, CFSworks@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 resend] ipv6/addrconf: fix timing bug in tempaddr
 regen

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (master)
by Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>:

On Thu, 23 Jun 2022 12:11:04 -0600 you wrote:
> The addrconf_verify_rtnl() function uses a big if/elseif/elseif/... block
> to categorize each address by what type of attention it needs.  An
> about-to-expire (RFC 4941) temporary address is one such category, but the
> previous elseif branch catches addresses that have already run out their
> prefered_lft.  This means that if addrconf_verify_rtnl() fails to run in
> the necessary time window (i.e. REGEN_ADVANCE time units before the end of
> the prefered_lft), the temporary address will never be regenerated, and no
> temporary addresses will be available until each one's valid_lft runs out
> and manage_tempaddrs() begins anew.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next,v2,resend] ipv6/addrconf: fix timing bug in tempaddr regen
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/778964f2fdf0

You are awesome, thank you!
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