From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: cfriesen@nortel.com
Cc: ebiederm@xmission.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipconfig: handle case of delayed DHCP server
Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 20:39:53 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090517.203953.162821389.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4A08640D.7020100@nortel.com>
From: "Chris Friesen" <cfriesen@nortel.com>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 11:44:45 -0600
> If a DHCP server is delayed, it's possible for the client to receive the
> DHCPOFFER after it has already sent out a new DHCPDISCOVER message from
> a second interface. The client then sends out a DHCPREQUEST from the
> second interface, but the server doesn't recognize the device and
> rejects the request.
>
> This patch simply tracks the current device being configured and throws
> away the OFFER if it is not intended for the current device. A more
> sophisticated approach would be to put the OFFER information into the
> struct ic_device rather than storing it globally.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Friesen <cfriesen@nortel.com>
Applied, thanks Chris.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-05-18 3:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-05-08 20:56 [PATCH] ipconfig: handle case of delayed DHCP server Chris Friesen
2009-05-08 21:39 ` David Miller
2009-05-10 7:53 ` Eric W. Biederman
2009-05-10 8:08 ` David Miller
2009-05-11 17:44 ` Chris Friesen
2009-05-18 3:39 ` David Miller [this message]
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