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H A Dneighbour.c765c9c63 Mon May 18 05:44:41 CDT 2015 Erik Kline <ek@google.com> neigh: Better handling of transition to NUD_PROBE state

[1] When entering NUD_PROBE state via neigh_update(), perhaps received
from userspace, correctly (re)initialize the probes count to zero.

This is useful for forcing revalidation of a neighbor (for example
if the host is attempting to do DNA [IPv4 4436, IPv6 6059]).

[2] Notify listeners when a neighbor goes into NUD_PROBE state.

By sending notifications on entry to NUD_PROBE state listeners get
more timely warnings of imminent connectivity issues.

The current notifications on entry to NUD_STALE have somewhat
limited usefulness: NUD_STALE is a perfectly normal state, as is
NUD_DELAY, whereas notifications on entry to NUD_FAILURE come after
a neighbor reachability problem has been confirmed (typically after
three probes).

Signed-off-by: Erik Kline <ek@google.com>
Acked-By: Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@google.com>
Acked-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
765c9c63 Mon May 18 05:44:41 CDT 2015 Erik Kline <ek@google.com> neigh: Better handling of transition to NUD_PROBE state

[1] When entering NUD_PROBE state via neigh_update(), perhaps received
from userspace, correctly (re)initialize the probes count to zero.

This is useful for forcing revalidation of a neighbor (for example
if the host is attempting to do DNA [IPv4 4436, IPv6 6059]).

[2] Notify listeners when a neighbor goes into NUD_PROBE state.

By sending notifications on entry to NUD_PROBE state listeners get
more timely warnings of imminent connectivity issues.

The current notifications on entry to NUD_STALE have somewhat
limited usefulness: NUD_STALE is a perfectly normal state, as is
NUD_DELAY, whereas notifications on entry to NUD_FAILURE come after
a neighbor reachability problem has been confirmed (typically after
three probes).

Signed-off-by: Erik Kline <ek@google.com>
Acked-By: Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@google.com>
Acked-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>