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-rw-r--r--include/net/addrconf.h2
-rw-r--r--net/ipv6/addrconf.c27
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/addrconf.h b/include/net/addrconf.h
index e0eabe58aa8b..fdb07105384c 100644
--- a/include/net/addrconf.h
+++ b/include/net/addrconf.h
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
#define RTR_SOLICITATION_INTERVAL (4*HZ)
#define RTR_SOLICITATION_MAX_INTERVAL (3600*HZ) /* 1 hour */
-#define MIN_VALID_LIFETIME (2*3600) /* 2 hours */
-
#define TEMP_VALID_LIFETIME (7*86400)
#define TEMP_PREFERRED_LIFETIME (86400)
#define REGEN_MAX_RETRY (3)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 24e319dfb510..27b4fb6e452b 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -2564,7 +2564,7 @@ int addrconf_prefix_rcv_add_addr(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
__u32 valid_lft, u32 prefered_lft)
{
struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp = ipv6_get_ifaddr(net, addr, dev, 1);
- int create = 0, update_lft = 0;
+ int create = 0;
if (!ifp && valid_lft) {
int max_addresses = in6_dev->cnf.max_addresses;
@@ -2608,32 +2608,19 @@ int addrconf_prefix_rcv_add_addr(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
unsigned long now;
u32 stored_lft;
- /* update lifetime (RFC2462 5.5.3 e) */
+ /* Update lifetime (RFC4862 5.5.3 e)
+ * We deviate from RFC4862 by honoring all Valid Lifetimes to
+ * improve the reaction of SLAAC to renumbering events
+ * (draft-gont-6man-slaac-renum-06, Section 4.2)
+ */
spin_lock_bh(&ifp->lock);
now = jiffies;
if (ifp->valid_lft > (now - ifp->tstamp) / HZ)
stored_lft = ifp->valid_lft - (now - ifp->tstamp) / HZ;
else
stored_lft = 0;
- if (!create && stored_lft) {
- const u32 minimum_lft = min_t(u32,
- stored_lft, MIN_VALID_LIFETIME);
- valid_lft = max(valid_lft, minimum_lft);
-
- /* RFC4862 Section 5.5.3e:
- * "Note that the preferred lifetime of the
- * corresponding address is always reset to
- * the Preferred Lifetime in the received
- * Prefix Information option, regardless of
- * whether the valid lifetime is also reset or
- * ignored."
- *
- * So we should always update prefered_lft here.
- */
- update_lft = 1;
- }
- if (update_lft) {
+ if (!create && stored_lft) {
ifp->valid_lft = valid_lft;
ifp->prefered_lft = prefered_lft;
ifp->tstamp = now;