From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F73AC282C0 for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2019 04:43:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39F73217D4 for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2019 04:43:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726321AbfAWEnK (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jan 2019 23:43:10 -0500 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.9]:40576 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725899AbfAWEnJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jan 2019 23:43:09 -0500 Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:601:9f80:35cd::bf5]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: davem-davemloft) by shards.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 41C0014D7330F; Tue, 22 Jan 2019 20:43:09 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 20:43:08 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <20190122.204308.162543596275068081.davem@davemloft.net> To: lkundrak@v3.sk Cc: kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru, yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, thaller@redhat.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/ipv6: lower the level of "link is not ready" messages From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20190121135419.615989-1-lkundrak@v3.sk> References: <20190121135419.615989-1-lkundrak@v3.sk> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.8 on Emacs 26.1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Tue, 22 Jan 2019 20:43:09 -0800 (PST) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Lubomir Rintel Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 14:54:20 +0100 > This message gets logged far too often for how interesting is it. > > Most distributions nowadays configure NetworkManager to use randomly > generated MAC addresses for Wi-Fi network scans. The interfaces end up > being periodically brought down for the address change. When they're > subsequently brought back up, the message is logged, eventually flooding > the log. > > Perhaps the message is not all that helpful: it seems to be more > interesting to hear when the addrconf actually start, not when it does > not. Let's lower its level. > > Signed-off-by: Lubomir Rintel This has always bugged me too. Applied, thanks!