This patch fixes a bug in Linux IPv6 stack which caused anycast address to be added to a device prior DAD has been completed. This led to incorrect reference count which resulted in infinite wait for unregister_netdevice completion on interface removal.
Signed-off-by: Michal Wrobel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- linux/net/ipv6/addrconf.c 2007-02-22 19:46:27.000000000 +0100 +++ linux/net/ipv6/addrconf.c 2007-02-25 00:22:37.000000000 +0100 @@ -456,6 +456,8 @@ ipv6_dev_mc_dec(dev, &addr); } for (ifa=idev->addr_list; ifa; ifa=ifa->if_next) { + if (ifa->flags&IFA_F_TENTATIVE) + continue; if (idev->cnf.forwarding) addrconf_join_anycast(ifa); else - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html