Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] net: neigh: persist proxy config across link flaps

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Wed Dec 14 2022 - 23:49:08 EST


On Mon, 12 Dec 2022 23:38:01 -0800 David Decotigny wrote:
> From: David Decotigny <ddecotig@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Without this patch, the 'ip neigh add proxy' config is lost when the
> cable or peer disappear, ie. when the link goes down while staying
> admin up. When the link comes back, the config is never recovered.
>
> This patch makes sure that such an nd proxy config survives a switch
> or cable issue.

Hm, how does this square with the spirit of 859bd2ef1fc11 ?

Would be great to hear from David, IDK if he's around or off until
next year.