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Revert "neighbour: force neigh_invalidate when NUD_FAILED update is from admin"
authorRoopa Prabhu <roopa@cumulusnetworks.com>
Sun, 21 Oct 2018 01:09:31 +0000 (18:09 -0700)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Sun, 21 Oct 2018 05:25:01 +0000 (22:25 -0700)
commit2d44e55665bc4d8ac0625532f64b657591aa348a
tree00bf7fa3f42b152b022f0e997c3f6179d4429ada
parentc9dc6ac4fdd89116ad5936d220ab94be3434c4c0
Revert "neighbour: force neigh_invalidate when NUD_FAILED update is from admin"

This reverts commit 5991cbcc064740889c0616396f36d79474338efb.

This patch results in unnecessary netlink notification when one
tries to delete a neigh entry already in NUD_FAILED state. Found
this with a buggy app that tries to delete a NUD_FAILED entry
repeatedly. While the notification issue can be fixed with more
checks, adding more complexity here seems unnecessary. Also,
recent tests with other changes in the neighbour code have
shown that the INCOMPLETE and PROBE checks are good enough for
the original issue.

Signed-off-by: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@cumulusnetworks.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
net/core/neighbour.c