In article <20041109114839.GA1942@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (at Tue, 9 Nov 2004
22:48:39 +1100), Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> says:
> On Tue, Nov 09, 2004 at 07:37:41AM +1100, herbert wrote:
> >
> > Well I've found a way for this to occur, but I must say that it is
> > fairly unlikely. When you bring the interface down, addrconf_ifdown
> > will try to to delete the addrconf timer and then notify DELADDR.
> > Since it doesn't wait for the timer to complete, it might still be
> > executing. Therefore it is possible to have a NEWADDR after a DELADDR
> > event.
>
> The attractive thing about this theory is that it is an SMP-only
> race. This could explain why only Jeff/Lennert are seeing it.
>
> Jeff/Lennert, could you please go back to 2.6.9, and then apply
> this patch? If this warning triggers, then that would confirm
> this theory.
I think this only happens when you shut down interface while DAD;
for example, "ifup eth0 &; ifdown eth0" or something like that.
--yoshfuji
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