netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: add sysctl to disable rfc4862 5.5.3e lifetime handling

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Message-ID: <CAKD1Yr1hzYpAU1jMN964c5U+e2-bGcPBqZsHA7_Lg-rH1iNsow@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2023 17:49:58 +0900
From: Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@...gle.com>
To: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Cc: Patrick Rohr <prohr@...gle.com>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, 
	Linux Network Development Mailing List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Maciej Żenczykowski <maze@...gle.com>, 
	Jen Linkova <furry@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: add sysctl to disable rfc4862 5.5.3e
 lifetime handling

On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 5:12 PM Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us> wrote:
> >+      - If enabled, RFC4862 section 5.5.3e is used to determine
> >+        the valid lifetime of the address.
> >+      - If disabled, the PIO valid lifetime will always be honored.
>
> Can't you reverse the logic and call it something like:
> ra_honor_pio_lifetime

Maybe accept_ra_pinfo_low_lifetime ? Consistent with the existing
accept_ra_pinfo which controls whether PIOs are accepted.