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

[David Ahern]

On 12/15/22 2:16 PM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Dec 2022 12:36:32 -0800 David Decotigny wrote:
>>> Makes sense. This is not urgent, tho, right?  
>>
>> Not that kind of urgent.
>>
>> FTR, in the v2 you suggested to use NUD_PERMANENT,
> 
> I think that was Alex. I don't have a strong preference. I could see
> arguments being made in both directions (basically whether it's more
> important to leave objects which are clearly not cache vs we care 
> more about consistent behavior based on the permanent flag itself).
> 
> Let's limit the reposts until experts are in town ;)
> 
>>  I can try to see how this would look like. Note that this will make
>> the patch larger and more intrusive, and with potentially a behavior
>> change for whoever uses the netlink API directly instead of the
>> iproute2 implementation for ip neigh X proxy things.

My thinking is inline with Alex's comment on v2.