[IPV6] ADDRCONF: Optimistic Duplicate Address Detection (RFC 4429) Support.
commit95c385b4d5a71b8ad552aecaa968ea46d7da2f6a
authorNeil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:08:10 +0000 (25 17:08 -0700)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net>
Thu, 26 Apr 2007 05:23:43 +0000 (25 22:23 -0700)
tree49d8e60418cb4eeb0c9ed79fd095af50f6ec6623
parent502b093569e48db264831be7966e1c447de2f52f
[IPV6] ADDRCONF: Optimistic Duplicate Address Detection (RFC 4429) Support.

Nominally an autoconfigured IPv6 address is added to an interface in the
Tentative state (as per RFC 2462).  Addresses in this state remain in this
state while the Duplicate Address Detection process operates on them to
determine their uniqueness on the network.  During this period, these
tentative addresses may not be used for communication, increasing the time
before a node may be able to communicate on a network.  Using Optimistic
Duplicate Address Detection, autoconfigured addresses may be used
immediately for communication on the network, as long as certain rules are
followed to avoid conflicts with other nodes during the Duplicate Address
Detection process.

Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
include/linux/if_addr.h
include/linux/ipv6.h
include/net/addrconf.h
net/ipv6/Kconfig
net/ipv6/addrconf.c
net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
net/ipv6/mcast.c
net/ipv6/ndisc.c