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Re: IPv6: the same address can be added multiple times

To: Pekka Savola <pekkas@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: IPv6: the same address can be added multiple times
From: Daniel Roesen <dr@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 12:30:33 +0200
Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx, usagi-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0105031202080.13012-100000@xxxxxxxxxx>; from pekkas@xxxxxxxxxx on Thu, May 03, 2001 at 12:04:10PM +0300
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On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 12:04:10PM +0300, Pekka Savola wrote:
> It looks like a check or two in kernel is missing,

Nod, if I understand net/ipv6/addrconf.c ipv6_add_addr() correctly,
the check is simply missing. It looks like it unconditionally adds
the address to the interface.


Best regards,
Daniel

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