netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v4] net: add sysctl to disable rfc4862 5.5.3e lifetime handling

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Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2023 23:10:24 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Patrick Rohr <prohr@...gle.com>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, maze@...gle.com,
 lorenzo@...gle.com, furry@...gle.com, jiri@...nulli.us, dsahern@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4] net: add sysctl to disable rfc4862 5.5.3e
 lifetime handling

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Mon, 25 Sep 2023 14:47:11 -0700 you wrote:
> This change adds a sysctl to opt-out of RFC4862 section 5.5.3e's valid
> lifetime derivation mechanism.
> 
> RFC4862 section 5.5.3e prescribes that the valid lifetime in a Router
> Advertisement PIO shall be ignored if it less than 2 hours and to reset
> the lifetime of the corresponding address to 2 hours. An in-progress
> 6man draft (see draft-ietf-6man-slaac-renum-07 section 4.2) is currently
> looking to remove this mechanism. While this draft has not been moving
> particularly quickly for other reasons, there is widespread consensus on
> section 4.2 which updates RFC4862 section 5.5.3e.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next,v4] net: add sysctl to disable rfc4862 5.5.3e lifetime handling
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/473267a4911f

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