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Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: add link-local, sit and loopback address
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=46rom: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org>
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2014 15:43:22 +0100

> In the past the IFA_PERMANENT flag indicated, that the valid and pref=
erred
> lifetime where ignored. Since change fad8da3e085ddf ("ipv6 addrconf: =
fix
> preferred lifetime state-changing behavior while valid_lft is infinit=
y")
> we honour at least the preferred lifetime on those addresses. As such
> the valid lifetime gets recalculated and updated to 0.
>=20
> If loopback address is added manually this problem does not occur.
> Also if NetworkManager manages IPv6, those addresses will get added v=
ia
> inet6_rtm_newaddr and thus will have a correct lifetime, too.
>=20
> Reported-by: Fran=E7ois-Xavier Le Bail <fx.lebail@yahoo.com>
> Reported-by: Damien Wyart <damien.wyart@gmail.com>
> Fixes: fad8da3e085ddf ("ipv6 addrconf: fix preferred lifetime state-c=
hanging behavior while valid_lft is infinity")
> Cc: Yasushi Asano <yasushi.asano@jp.fujitsu.com>
> Signed-off-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org>

Applied, thanks Hannes.

> I hope there will be another pull request to Linus before 3.13 (I thi=
nk
> there will be an upcoming -rc8 this Sunday?).

I think I will be able to sneak one more pull request in.