To judge the timing for DAD, netif_carrier_ok() is used. However,
there is a possibility that dev->qdisc stays noop_qdisc even if
netif_carrier_ok() returns true. In that case, DAD NS is not sent out.
We need to defer the IPv6 device initialization until a valid qdisc
is specified.

Signed-off-by: Mitsuru Chinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
 net/ipv6/addrconf.c |   13 ++++++++++---
 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 6d5c3c2..da8c79c 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
 #include <net/tcp.h>
 #include <net/ip.h>
 #include <net/netlink.h>
+#include <net/pkt_sched.h>
 #include <linux/if_tunnel.h>
 #include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
 
@@ -213,6 +214,12 @@ static struct ipv6_devconf ipv6_devconf_dflt __read_mostly 
= {
 const struct in6_addr in6addr_any = IN6ADDR_ANY_INIT;
 const struct in6_addr in6addr_loopback = IN6ADDR_LOOPBACK_INIT;
 
+/* Check if a valid qdisc is available */
+static inline int addrconf_qdisc_ok(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+       return (dev->qdisc != &noop_qdisc);
+}
+
 static void addrconf_del_timer(struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp)
 {
        if (del_timer(&ifp->timer))
@@ -384,7 +391,7 @@ static struct inet6_dev * ipv6_add_dev(struct net_device 
*dev)
        }
 #endif
 
-       if (netif_running(dev) && netif_carrier_ok(dev))
+       if (netif_running(dev) && addrconf_qdisc_ok(dev))
                ndev->if_flags |= IF_READY;
 
        ipv6_mc_init_dev(ndev);
@@ -2283,7 +2290,7 @@ static int addrconf_notify(struct notifier_block *this, 
unsigned long event,
                        break;
 
                if (event == NETDEV_UP) {
-                       if (!netif_carrier_ok(dev)) {
+                       if (!addrconf_qdisc_ok(dev)) {
                                /* device is not ready yet. */
                                printk(KERN_INFO
                                        "ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): %s: "
@@ -2295,7 +2302,7 @@ static int addrconf_notify(struct notifier_block *this, 
unsigned long event,
                        if (idev)
                                idev->if_flags |= IF_READY;
                } else {
-                       if (!netif_carrier_ok(dev)) {
+                       if (!addrconf_qdisc_ok(dev)) {
                                /* device is still not ready. */
                                break;
                        }
-- 
1.5.2.2

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