From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: lorenzo@google.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, edumazet@google.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: ipv6: Don't purge default router if accept_ra=2
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:15:23 -0500 (EST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130304.141523.1388472753163504139.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKD1Yr2e8Z8CDAM3tgp=nUR58OO9QZYEx8zkWwwcQ1S=14D2Qw@mail.gmail.com>
From: Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@google.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013 15:46:46 +0900
> Setting net.ipv6.conf.<interface>.accept_ra=2 causes the kernel
> to accept RAs even when forwarding is enabled. However, enabling
> forwarding purges all default routes on the system, breaking
> connectivity until the next RA is received. Fix this by not
> purging default routes on interfaces that have accept_ra=2.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@google.com>
Applied and queued up for -stable.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-03-04 19:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-03-04 6:46 [PATCH] net: ipv6: Don't purge default router if accept_ra=2 Lorenzo Colitti
2013-03-04 10:09 ` YOSHIFUJI Hideaki
2013-03-04 14:58 ` Eric Dumazet
2013-03-04 19:15 ` David Miller [this message]
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