Re: [PATCH 4 of 5] IPv6: fix lifetime calculation on temporary address creation

[Benoit Boissinot <benoit.boissinot@ens-lyon.org>]

On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 12:04:01PM +0900, YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明 wrote:
> In article <ec551b4a5bb25cda00ff.1206305172@pirzuine> (at Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:46:12 +0100), Benoit Boissinot <benoit.boissinot@ens-lyon.org> says:
> 
> > IPv6: fix lifetime calculation on temporary address creation
[snip]
> > +	now = jiffies;
> > +	elapsed = (now - ifp->tstamp) / HZ;
> > +	if (elapsed >= ifp->valid_lft)
> > +		tmp_valid_lft = 0;
> > +	else
> > +		tmp_valid_lft = min_t(__u32,
> > +				      ifp->valid_lft - elapsed,
> > +				      idev->cnf.temp_valid_lft);
> > +	if (elapsed >= ifp->prefered_lft)
> > +		tmp_prefered_lft = 0;
> > +	else
> > +		tmp_prefered_lft = min_t(__u32,
> > +					 ifp->prefered_lft - elapsed,
> > +					 idev->cnf.temp_prefered_lft - desync_factor / HZ);
> 
> Basically I agree, but it is possible to expire the temporary
> address AFTER public address, which is not good.  Please fix this.

do you mean because of the rounding of 'elapsed' ? otherwise I don't see
what the problem is, sorry.

regards,

Benoit

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