netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] neighbor: fix proxy

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Message-ID: <20230126233713.28c64c4e@kernel.org>
Date:   Thu, 26 Jan 2023 23:37:13 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Brian Haley <haleyb.dev@...il.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] neighbor: fix proxy_delay usage when it is
 zero

On Wed, 25 Jan 2023 14:51:14 -0500 Brian Haley wrote:
> +	or proxy_ndp is enabled. A random value between [0, proxy_delay]

Do you mean: [0, proxy_delay) or there's something that can give us an
extra jiffy (IOW shouldn't the upper limit be open) ?

it's 
  random() % MAX - (1 - noise)

where (1 - noise) is the fraction of jiffy which already passed since
the tick.

Sorry if I'm slow to get it..