Re: net/ipv4/arp.c: arp_rcv, rfc2131 BREAKS communication

kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru
Thu, 29 Nov 2001 22:11:40 +0300 (MSK)


Hello!

> directly. I'm not sure there is a standard for duplicate address
> detection.

The procedure is prescribed in rfc on dhcp, which is sort of standard.

> In this case the gap for race is small.

There is no races there. Before DAD did not pass address must not be used,
that's all. This is also described unambigously in dhcp specs.

Alexey
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