From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv6: always add flag an address that failed DAD with DADFAILED Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 22:54:40 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20160110.225440.375655096836234129.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1452257243-19389-1-git-send-email-lkundrak@v3.sk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru, jmorris@namei.org, yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org, kaber@trash.net To: lkundrak@v3.sk Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1452257243-19389-1-git-send-email-lkundrak@v3.sk> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Lubomir Rintel Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 13:47:23 +0100 > The userspace needs to know why is the address being removed so that it can > perhaps obtain a new address. > > Without the DADFAILED flag it's impossible to distinguish removal of a > temporary and tentative address due to DAD failure from other reasons (device > removed, manual address removal). > > Signed-off-by: Lubomir Rintel Applied.