netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/4] net: ipv6/addrconf: clamp preferred

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Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 07:11:44 +0200
From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
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, kuba@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/4] net: ipv6/addrconf: clamp preferred_lft
 to the maximum allowed

Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 06:28:00PM CEST, alexhenrie24@...il.com wrote:
>On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 6:23 AM Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us> wrote:
>>
>> Tue, Oct 24, 2023 at 11:23:07PM CEST, alexhenrie24@...il.com 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.
>> >
>>
>> Sounds like a bugfix, correct? In that case, could you please
>> provide a proper Fixes tag and target -net tree?
>
>Paolo requested no Fixes tag, and Jakub seemed to agree:
>
>https://lore.kernel.org/all/60d9d5f57fdb55a27748996d807712c680c4e7f9.camel@redhat.com/

Okay, makes sense.

Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>