From: zhuyj <zyjzyj2000@gmail.com>
To: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ipv6:remove ipv6 global address after the interface is down
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2014 18:12:09 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <533A90F9.3050807@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140401093544.GF24150@order.stressinduktion.org>
On 04/01/2014 05:35 PM, Hannes Frederic Sowa wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 01, 2014 at 05:30:31PM +0800, zhuyj wrote:
>> Hi, Paul
>>
>> With kernel 2.6.34.x, the following problem will appear.
>>
>> TargetA ------------------------- TargetB
>> 3000::1/64 3000::2/64
>>
>> TargetA
>> - bring the interface down by doing an "ifconfig eth1 down"
>> - bring the interface back up by doing an "ifconfig eth1 up"
>>
>> TargetB
>> - ping6 3000::1
>> ping6 succeeds the first time
>> - after bringing the interface on TargetA down and then back up,
>> ping6 to the interface fails.
>>
>> With the latest mainline kernel(3.4+), this problem is resolved. When
>> eth1 is down, ipv6 address and route item are removed.
>> But with kernel 2.6.34.x, when eth1 is down, ipv6 address remains while
>> route item is removed.
>>
>> So when eth1 is up and assign the previous ipv6 address, with 2.6.34.x,
>> some errors will appear. But with latest mainline kernel, it can work well.
>>
>> So I made a patch to fix this problem in kernel 2.6.34.x. Please merge
>> this to kernel2.6.34.x.
> 2.6.34 stable is EOL and won't get updated anymore. If this is problem is also
> present in other, still maintained, stable kernel this would be possible.
Hi, Hannes
It is fortunate. I checked other stable kernel. They can work well.
Maybe this patch can only fix the problem on 2.6.34.x.
>
> Can you identify the upstream commit which repaired this problem and when it
> got introduced?
commit 73a8bd74 [ipv6:Revert 'administrative down' address handling
changes] can fix this problem.
Best Regards!
Zhu Yanjun
>
> Thanks,
>
> Hannes
>
>
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-04-01 9:30 ipv6:remove ipv6 global address after the interface is down zhuyj
2014-04-01 9:35 ` Hannes Frederic Sowa
2014-04-01 10:12 ` zhuyj [this message]
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