On 01.12.2016 00:39, Erik Nordmark wrote:
> Implemented RFC7527 Enhanced DAD.
> IPv6 duplicate address detection can fail if there is some temporary
> loopback of Ethernet frames. RFC7527 solves this by including a random
> nonce in the NS messages used for DAD, and if an NS is received with the
> same nonce it is assumed to be a looped back DAD probe and is ignored.
> RFC7527 is enabled by default. Can be disabled by setting both of
> conf/{all,interface}/enhanced_dad to zero.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Erik Nordmark <nordm...@arista.com>
> Signed-off-by: Bob Gilligan <gilli...@arista.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <han...@stressinduktion.org>

Thanks!
> @@ -794,6 +808,17 @@ static void ndisc_recv_ns(struct sk_buff *skb)
>  have_ifp:
>               if (ifp->flags & (IFA_F_TENTATIVE|IFA_F_OPTIMISTIC)) {
>                       if (dad) {
> +                             if (nonce != 0 && ifp->dad_nonce == nonce) {
> +                                     u8 *np = (u8 *)&nonce;
> +                                     /* Matching nonce if looped back */
> +                                     ND_PRINTK(2, notice,
> +                                               "%s: IPv6 DAD loopback for 
> address %pI6c nonce %02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x ignored\n",
> +                                               ifp->idev->dev->name,
> +                                               &ifp->addr,
> +                                               np[0], np[1], np[2], np[3],
> +                                               np[4], np[5]);
> +                                     goto out;
> +                             }
>                               /*
>                                * We are colliding with another node
>                                * who is doing DAD
> 

I think it could be a "%pM" because it looks like a MAC address, but
better leave it like that. :)

Bye,
Hannes

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