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Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 00:16:31 +0800
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Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH] batman-adv: allow snooping gratuitous
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On Thursday, 14 February 2019 23:51:00 HKT Linus L=FCssing wrote:
> So far, gratuitous ARP Replies were ignored for DAT processing as it
> contains a broadcast MAC address. This patch changes this and allows
> snooping such ARP messages, too.

> Gratuitous ARP Replies were ignored since this commit:
> ab361a9ccc5 ("batman-adv: filter ARP packets with invalid MAC addresses i=
n=20
DAT")

You're kind enough to mention when the filter was introduced but fail to=20
explain why the filter introduced in the past was has outlived its usefulne=
ss=20
or how the new behavior addresses the  previous concerns.

Cheers,
Marek

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