3.11.10.8 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Heiner Kallweit <heiner.kallweit@xxxxxx> commit ecab67015ef6e3f3635551dcc9971cf363cc1cd5 upstream. tmp_prefered_lft is an offset to ifp->tstamp, not now. Therefore age needs to be added to the condition. Age calculation in ipv6_create_tempaddr is different from the one in addrconf_verify and doesn't consider ADDRCONF_TIMER_FUZZ_MINUS. This can cause age in ipv6_create_tempaddr to be less than the one in addrconf_verify and therefore unnecessary temporary address to be generated. Use age calculation as in addrconf_modify to avoid this. Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <heiner.kallweit@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/ipv6/addrconf.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c index 0f99f7b..a6ddced 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c +++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c @@ -1113,8 +1113,11 @@ retry: * Lifetime is greater than REGEN_ADVANCE time units. In particular, * an implementation must not create a temporary address with a zero * Preferred Lifetime. + * Use age calculation as in addrconf_verify to avoid unnecessary + * temporary addresses being generated. */ - if (tmp_prefered_lft <= regen_advance) { + age = (now - tmp_tstamp + ADDRCONF_TIMER_FUZZ_MINUS) / HZ; + if (tmp_prefered_lft <= regen_advance + age) { in6_ifa_put(ifp); in6_dev_put(idev); ret = -1; -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html