From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: opurdila@ixiacom.com
Cc: shemminger@vyatta.com, cratiu@ixiacom.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] make TLLAO option for NA packets configurable
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:29:46 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091007.012946.80230952.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200910030039.15952.opurdila@ixiacom.com>
From: Octavian Purdila <opurdila@ixiacom.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 00:39:15 +0300
> Subject: [PATCH] ipv6: new sysctl for sending TLLAO with unicast NAs
>
> Neighbor advertisements responding to unicast neighbor solicitations
> did not include the target link-layer address option. This patch adds
> a new sysctl option (disabled by default) which controls whether this
> option should be sent even with unicast NAs.
>
> The need for this arose because certain routers expect the TLLAO in
> some situations even as a response to unicast NS packets.
>
> Moreover, RFC 2461 recommends sending this to avoid a race condition
> (section 4.4, Target link-layer address)
>
> Signed-off-by: Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@ixiacom.com>
> Signed-off-by: Octavian Purdila <opurdila@ixiacom.com>
Applied, thanks!
prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-10-07 8:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-10-01 16:16 [PATCH] make TLLAO option for NA packets configurable Cosmin Ratiu
2009-10-01 16:21 ` Stephen Hemminger
2009-10-01 16:43 ` Cosmin Ratiu
2009-10-01 16:43 ` David Miller
2009-10-01 18:08 ` Cosmin Ratiu
2009-10-01 18:14 ` Stephen Hemminger
2009-10-01 18:39 ` Octavian Purdila
2009-10-01 18:56 ` Stephen Hemminger
2009-10-01 19:37 ` David Miller
2009-10-01 22:19 ` Octavian Purdila
2009-10-02 17:53 ` Stephen Hemminger
2009-10-02 21:39 ` Octavian Purdila
2009-10-07 8:29 ` David Miller [this message]
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