On Sat, Apr 22, 2017 at 09:10:13AM -0700, David Ahern wrote:
> When arp_notify is set to 1 for either a specific interface or for 'all'
> interfaces, gratuitous arp requests are sent. Since ndisc_notify is the
> ipv6 equivalent to arp_notify, it should follow the same semantics.
> Commit 4a6e3c5def13 ("net: ipv6: send unsolicited NA on admin up") sends
> the NA on admin up. The final piece is checking devconf_all->ndisc_notify
> in addition to the per device setting. Add it.
>
> Fixes: 5cb04436eef6 ("ipv6: add knob to send unsolicited ND on link-layer
> address change")
> Signed-off-by: David Ahern <d...@cumulusnetworks.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.hor...@netronome.com>
> ---
> v2
> - update commit message with subject of commit 4a6e3c5def13 per comment
> from Sergei
>
> net/ipv6/ndisc.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
> index b23822e64228..d310dc41209a 100644
> --- a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
> +++ b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
> @@ -1753,7 +1753,8 @@ static int ndisc_netdev_event(struct notifier_block
> *this, unsigned long event,
> idev = in6_dev_get(dev);
> if (!idev)
> break;
> - if (idev->cnf.ndisc_notify)
> + if (idev->cnf.ndisc_notify ||
> + net->ipv6.devconf_all->ndisc_notify)
> ndisc_send_unsol_na(dev);
> in6_dev_put(idev);
> break;
> --
> 2.1.4
>
