Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: fix prefix route expiry in modify_prefix_route()

From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf

Date: Fri Sep 25 2026 - 20:42:07 EST


Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>:

On Wed, 23 Sep 2026 13:20:48 +0000 you wrote:
> modify_prefix_route() is given the lifetime in clock_t relative to now,
> but fib6_set_expires() wants an absolute jiffies value. So when a
> permanent address is changed to a finite valid_lft, the prefix route
> ends up already expired and GC removes it.
>
> Steps to reproduce:
>
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
- [net] ipv6: fix prefix route expiry in modify_prefix_route()
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/a7bfaba4823e

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