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Diffstat (limited to 'net')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/ipv6/addrconf.c | 30 |
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c index 3883b4036a7..43b3c9f89c1 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c +++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c @@ -1916,8 +1916,32 @@ ok: update_lft = 1; else if (stored_lft <= MIN_VALID_LIFETIME) { /* valid_lft <= stored_lft is always true */ - /* XXX: IPsec */ - update_lft = 0; + /* + * RFC 4862 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 if the preferred lifetime in + * this advertisement is different + * than what we have stored, but the + * valid lifetime is invalid, just + * reset prefered_lft. + * + * We must set the valid lifetime + * to the stored lifetime since we'll + * be updating the timestamp below, + * else we'll set it back to the + * minumum. + */ + if (prefered_lft != ifp->prefered_lft) { + valid_lft = stored_lft; + update_lft = 1; + } } else { valid_lft = MIN_VALID_LIFETIME; if (valid_lft < prefered_lft) @@ -3085,7 +3109,7 @@ restart: spin_unlock(&ifp->lock); continue; } else if (age >= ifp->prefered_lft) { - /* jiffies - ifp->tsamp > age >= ifp->prefered_lft */ + /* jiffies - ifp->tstamp > age >= ifp->prefered_lft */ int deprecate = 0; if (!(ifp->flags&IFA_F_DEPRECATED)) { |