From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: ipv6: Don't purge default router if accept_ra=2 Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:15:23 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20130304.141523.1388472753163504139.davem@davemloft.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, edumazet@google.com To: lorenzo@google.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:40647 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758520Ab3CDTPZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Mar 2013 14:15:25 -0500 In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Lorenzo Colitti Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013 15:46:46 +0900 > Setting net.ipv6.conf..accept_ra=2 causes the kernel > to accept RAs even when forwarding is enabled. However, enabling > forwarding purges all default routes on the system, breaking > connectivity until the next RA is received. Fix this by not > purging default routes on interfaces that have accept_ra=2. > > Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Colitti Applied and queued up for -stable.