From: Mike Manning <mmann...@brocade.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2017 15:52:55 +0100
> Commit f784ad3d79e5 ("ipv6: do not send RTM_DELADDR for tentative
> addresses") incorrectly assumes that no RTM_NEWADDR are sent for
> addresses in tentative state, as this does happen for the standard
> IPv6 use-case of DAD failure, see the call to ipv6_ifa_notify() in
> addconf_dad_stop(). So as a result of this change, no RTM_DELADDR is
> sent after DAD failure for a link-local when strict DAD (accept_dad=2)
> is configured, or on the next admin down in other cases. The absence
> of this notification breaks backwards compatibility and causes problems
> after DAD failure if this notification was being relied on. The
> solution is to allow RTM_DELADDR to still be sent after DAD failure.
>
> Fixes: f784ad3d79e5("ipv6: do not send RTM_DELADDR for tentative addresses")
> Signed-off-by: Mike Manning <mmann...@brocade.com>
> Cc: Mahesh Bandewar <mahe...@google.com>
Mahesh, please review this patch.
