netdev - Re: [PATCH resend 1/4] net: ipv6/addrconf: clamp preferred

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Message-ID: <20231024124851.354e2e09@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2023 12:48:51 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Alex Henrie <alexhenrie24@...il.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, jbohac@...e.cz, benoit.boissinot@...-lyon.org,
 davem@...emloft.net, hideaki.yoshifuji@...aclelinux.com,
 dsahern@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH resend 1/4] net: ipv6/addrconf: clamp preferred_lft to
 the maximum allowed

On Tue, 24 Oct 2023 13:40:01 -0600 Alex Henrie wrote:
> Without this patch, there is nothing to stop the preferred lifetime of a
> temporary address from being greater than its valid lifetime. If that
> was the case, the valid lifetime was effectively ignored.

Please:
 - add cover letter, with the changes from v2
 - PATCH net-next v2 in the subject prefix
 - do not post in-reply-to, instead put a lore link:
   https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230829054623.104293-1-alexhenrie24@gmail.com/
   to the v2 in the cover letter.