From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / =?iso-2022-jp?B?GyRCNUhGIzFRTEAbKEI=?= Subject: Re: [PATCH 5 of 5] IPv6: temporary address: update the timer for tentative addresses Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:25:58 +0900 (JST) Message-ID: <20080328.122558.13389103.yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> References: <4765830d9f3848ef14e6.1206305173@pirzuine> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, pekkas@netcore.fi, yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org To: benoit.boissinot@ens-lyon.org Return-path: Received: from yue.linux-ipv6.org ([203.178.140.15]:55397 "EHLO yue.st-paulia.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753162AbYC1DY2 (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:24:28 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4765830d9f3848ef14e6.1206305173@pirzuine> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: In article <4765830d9f3848ef14e6.1206305173@pirzuine> (at Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:46:13 +0100), Benoit Boissinot says: > IPv6: temporary address: update the timer for tentative addresses > > Even for tentative addresses, we should update the timer, > otherwise if the preferred lifetime is too short we will > miss the opportunity to regenerate the adress. Well, but it this ever happens, it implies that the lifetime is too short, doesn't it? We don't want such temporary address too much. --yoshfuji