Re: [PATCH] ipv6: always add flag an address that failed DAD with DADFAILED

From: David Miller
Date: Sun Jan 10 2016 - 22:54:46 EST


From: Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@xxxxx>
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 <lkundrak@xxxxx>

Applied.