Re: [PATCH] ipv6: no addrconf for slave devices

From	Jan Blunck <jblunck@infradead.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] ipv6: no addrconf for slave devices
Date	2015-10-16 18:40 +0200
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On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 6:14 PM, David Ahern <dsa@cumulusnetworks.com> wrote:
> On 10/16/15 10:12 AM, Jan Blunck wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 6:02 PM, David Ahern <dsa@cumulusnetworks.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 10/16/15 9:57 AM, Jan Blunck wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I don't think that enslaved ports should get network layer addresses.
>>>> This is one example with a team device:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> for VRF devices we do want the enslaved links to have link local
>>> addresses.
>>>
>>
>> That is interesting. As far I can see you are setting IFF_SLAVE in
>> do_vrf_add_slave() and therefore already stop IPv6 addrconf.
>>
>
> Check net-next. That had to be removed to get IPv6 working.
>

Thanks for the pointer.

So it would be better to differentiate between L2 and L3 ports and
only start addrconf on later ones? I don't think there is a flag that
allows for that though.
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[PATCH] ipv6: no addrconf for slave devices Jan Blunck <jblunck@infradead.org> - 2015-10-16 12:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] ipv6: no addrconf for slave devices Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us> - 2015-10-16 14:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] ipv6: no addrconf for slave devices Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org> - 2015-10-16 14:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] ipv6: no addrconf for slave devices Jan Blunck <jblunck@infradead.org> - 2015-10-16 18:00 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] ipv6: no addrconf for slave devices David Ahern <dsa@cumulusnetworks.com> - 2015-10-16 18:10 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] ipv6: no addrconf for slave devices Jan Blunck <jblunck@infradead.org> - 2015-10-16 18:20 +0200
          Re: [PATCH] ipv6: no addrconf for slave devices David Ahern <dsa@cumulusnetworks.com> - 2015-10-16 18:20 +0200
            Re: [PATCH] ipv6: no addrconf for slave devices Jan Blunck <jblunck@infradead.org> - 2015-10-16 18:40 +0200

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